In a 1984 edition of Bilingual Education Paper Series, Carolyn Kessler claimed that "children develop faster in the language which is used most in their environment", which may or may not reflect the language of the surrounding community.
在1984年版的《雙語教育系列論文》，卡羅琳凱斯勒稱，兒童發展得更快，其中用得最多在其環境中的語言”，這可能會或可能不會反映周圍社區的語言。