ABSTRACT: This ethnographic study, involving twelve Brazilian families in the United States, describes the socialization process o people confronted to a new language/culture. The bilingual communicative competence was investigated within five social domains. Children/adolescents of the study manifest a kind of "subtractive bilingualism". Parents express strategies of actions aimed at maintaining the first language. The church community and Brazilian television programs have become important forces to promote "conversational lessons" in Portuguese.
Key words: Immigrants. Bilingual competence. Socialization process
MOTA, Kátia Santos. Aulas de português fora da escola: famílias imigrantes brasileiras, esforços de preservação da língua materna. Cad. CEDES [online]. 2004, vol.24, n.63, pp. 149-163. ISSN 0101-3262.
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