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amae-157		amae-157		10	.pdf	application/pdf	5985	268	49	Without strong messages from schools and the larger community to do otherwise, students who arrive Supporting Bilingual Learners and thei Families Association of Mexican-American Educators (AMAE) Special Issue ©2014 Volume 8, Issue 1 105 at school speaking languages other than English typically abandon their first language, reject their home culture, and often lose the ability to communicate with key members of their care-giving community. Why Does Maintaining the Primary Language Help? To better understand why the continued development of students’ primary language is so critical, it is helpful to think of the brain as a kind of “conceptual reservoir.”	cache/amae-157.pdf	txt/amae-157.txt