151 Student surveys Surveys were developed for the students and their parents in order to determine what significant behaviors were occurring at home or in the home environment that were facilitating or inhibiting the acquisition of English. Students were administered the Student Surveys as a group at school. They were then given instructions in how to help parents complete the Parent Survey at home. Where practical, the results of the two surveys are compared. The results of the Student Survey are presented in Table 4-14. A two-way Chi-square analyses of these data did not reveal any additional significant information not already visible in the percentage displays. Correlations of students' self-ratings with language scores and parents' self-ratings with students' language scores provided some additional significant results. Other correlations of student friendships and self-reports of language use did not reveal any significant differences. Results of student survey The results of the Student Survey are self-explanatory. Much has been written about Cuba's "schools in the country." The participants in this research lived with their parents and went to school near their home. None attended the much publicized "schools in the country" (Kozol, 1978; Read, 1972), because of their age at the time of emigration. All but one student had been in school in Cuba for at least 5 years before coming to the U.S.; the majority had been in school 7 or more years. They were in their second year of school in the U.S.; most were in their ninth year of school attendance. Although 32% of the students responded