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This document summarizes linguistic autobiographies from Asian-American college students about their experiences learning English and experiencing attrition of their native language. Many students knew little English when starting school and learned primarily from TV, friends, and older siblings. While they became dominant in English, most lost proficiency in their native language and now only have a passive understanding or can speak it but not read and write it well. This involuntary language loss can dam

Author

Aurora Tsai

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