Publication Date
| In 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2024 | 0 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 1 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 3 |
Descriptor
| Second Language Learning | 3 |
| Comparative Analysis | 2 |
| Heritage Education | 2 |
| Native Language Instruction | 2 |
| Oral Language | 2 |
| Semitic Languages | 2 |
| Task Analysis | 2 |
| Accuracy | 1 |
| Age Differences | 1 |
| Arabic | 1 |
| Bilingualism | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Author
| Albirini, Abdulkafi | 3 |
| Benmamoun, Elabbas | 1 |
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 3 |
| Reports - Research | 3 |
Education Level
| Higher Education | 1 |
| Postsecondary Education | 1 |
Audience
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewed
Download full textAlbirini, Abdulkafi – Arab Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2022
This study examined the influence of Colloquial Arabic (CA) and English on the use of the definite article by heritage and L2 learners of Standard Arabic (SA). It also investigated the role of typological proximity in language transfer and whether transfer effects change over time. The study involved 149 participants: 73 L2 learners of SA, 61…
Descriptors: Arabic, Second Language Learning, Native Language, Native Speakers
Direct linkBenmamoun, Elabbas; Albirini, Abdulkafi – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2018
This study examines heritage speakers' knowledge of Standard Arabic (SA) and compares their patterns of SA acquisition to those of learners of SA as second/foreign language (L2). In addition, the study examines the influence of previously acquired language varieties, including Colloquial Arabic (QA), on SA acquisition. To this end, the study…
Descriptors: Language Variation, Semitic Languages, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Albirini, Abdulkafi – Language Acquisition: A Journal of Developmental Linguistics, 2018
This study examined two common accounts of heritage speakers' nonnative attainment in their heritage/first language (L1), one attributing it to the influence of the second language (L2) and another to insufficient L1 input. Three groups of children who were heritage speakers of Arabic and who varied in their age of L2 exposure and type and amount…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Heritage Education, Native Language Instruction, Language Acquisition
