Students do best when using native language (fwd quote link)

[Richard Zane Smith]

can't believe all the racist comments posted following this article...
there seems to be an assumption that English is American and didn't come
here
via immigrants the way Spanish does.



On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 9:54 AM, Phillip E Cash Cash <
cashcash at email.arizona.edu> wrote:

> Quote:
>
> "Aguayo found that students who embrace their cultural heritage and
> spoke in their native languages had higher grade point averages than
> those who spoke English at school and home."
>
> Access full article below:
>
> Students do best when using native language
> By JANESE SILVEY
> Saturday, September 24, 2011
>
> http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/2011/sep/24/students-do-best-when-using-native-language/
>



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