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eastern languages in colonial schools
Definition
- In the history of education in the eastern United States, we find a tradition of cultural and linguistic diversity that predated the arrival of English-speaking settlers. Nearly 2,000 languages were spoken in the Western Hemisphere when the first European explorers arrived. [Source: Encyclopedia of Bilingual Education; Languages in Colonial Schools, Eastern]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/eastern_languages_in_colonial_schools
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