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Estremera, Michael; Gilbas, Sherill – Advanced Education, 2022
Despite longitudinal studies conducted along written and oral codeswitching linguistic prevalence considering ESL context, none of the ensuing studies has attempted to propose a theory delineating the preceding occurrence committed by L2 interlocutors which add to the novelty aspect of this paper. The quantitative analysis redounds to the…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Oral Language, Written Language, English (Second Language)
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Adriana Álvarez – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2023
This qualitative case study examined the interactions between four Mexican parents from immigrant backgrounds and their children during the process of creating two biliteracy family projects that centered on their experiential knowledge. Informed by a theoretical lens of sociocultural linguistics and community cultural wealth, this study examined…
Descriptors: Metalinguistics, Mexican Americans, Racism, Immigrants
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Pfenninger, Simone E. – Modern Language Journal, 2020
This study reveals hitherto overlooked effects of age of onset (AO) in immersive school contexts, using multiple measures over time so as to focus on fluctuations and trends in individual data. The second language (L2) English development was studied in 91 children who received 50-50 content and language integrated learning (CLIL) instruction in…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Second Language Learning, Age Differences, English (Second Language)
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Martínez-Adrián, María; Arratibel-Irazusta, Izaskun – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2020
This article contributes to the scarcity of research on the interface between task-modality and the use of previously known languages (PKL) in young learners. It examines the use of Basque/Spanish by CLIL learners (aged 10-11) during oral interaction while completing two collaborative tasks in English: a speaking task and a speaking + writing…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), English Language Learners, Language Usage, Native Language
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Leivada, Evelina; Kambanaros, Maria; Taxitari, Loukia; Grohmann, Kleanthes K. – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2020
The present study examines whether bilectal Greek Cypriot educators are able to identify dialectal (Cypriot Greek) elements superimposed on the standard language (Standard Modern Greek) in a written variety-judgment task. By doing so, (meta)linguistic skills of bilectal teachers from Cyprus were put to the test and later compared to the results of…
Descriptors: Metalinguistics, Greek, Dialects, Standard Spoken Usage
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Weth, Constanze – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2015
This paper presents children's writing in their vernacular family language, Moroccan Arabic. It first provides some background to the family and school literacies of nine-year-old children of Moroccan Arabic (MA) background growing up in France with French literacy practices at school and Written Arabic literacy practices in the home. The paper…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Standard Spoken Usage, French, Elementary School Students
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Wang, Jiayi; Postiglione, Gerard A. – Chinese Education & Society, 2015
The Chinese state sees language as an essential determinant in ethnic minority schooling. The use of minority language as a medium of instruction is viewed as a way to increase attendance rates and strengthen socialization into a national ideology. However, the policies differ for those ethnic minorities with or without a commonly used written…
Descriptors: Minority Groups, Access to Education, Questionnaires, Ethnic Groups
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Rockwell, Elsie – Reading Research Quarterly, 2012
In this article, I examine French language instruction in an elementary classroom serving primarily children of Afro-French immigrants in Paris. I show that a prevalent French language ideology privileges written over oral expression and associates full mastery of written French with rational thought and full inclusion in the French polity. This…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Written Language, Verbal Communication, Grade 5
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Yeung, Pui-sze; Ho, Connie Suk-han; Chan, David Wai-ock; Chung, Kevin Kien-hoa – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2013
The present study aimed to investigate the contribution of oral language skills, linguistic skills, and transcription skills to Chinese written composition among Grade 4 students in Hong Kong. Measures assessing verbal working memory, oral language skills, linguistic skills (i.e., syntactic skills and discourse skills), transcription skills (i.e.,…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Language Skills, Chinese, Writing (Composition)
Lisanza, Esther Mukewa – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This study was an ethnographic case study that investigated oral and written language learning in a first grade classroom in Kenya. The languages used in this classroom were Swahili and English only. Kamba the mother tongue of the majority of the children, was banned in the entire school. In this classroom there were 89 children with two teachers,…
Descriptors: Administrators, Interpersonal Relationship, African Languages, Written Language
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Yiakoumetti, Androula – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2007
The issue of dialect and education and, in particular, the issue of which code to use as the medium of instruction has generated much heated debate in bidialectal societies. This debate is reflected in the literature on language policy in education which is divided into three main areas: (i) the use of the standard variety as medium of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Written Language, Dialects, Language Planning
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Tse, Shek-kam; Lam, Joseph Wai-ip; Loh, Elizabeth Ka-yee; Lam, Raymond Yu-hong – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2007
This study examines how the language used at home, Putonghua or Cantonese, has influenced the Chinese reading attainment of 4335 primary school students in Hong Kong. Also examined was the influence of the birthplace and home background socioeconomic status (SES) of the reader. Although the indigenous Hong Kong population uses Cantonese, a dialect…
Descriptors: Educational Planning, Elementary School Students, Oral Language, Foreign Countries
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Mishra, Ranjita; Stainthorp, Rhona – Journal of Research in Reading, 2007
This study investigated the relationships between phonological awareness and reading in Oriya and English. Oriya is the official language of Orissa, an eastern state of India. The writing system is an alphasyllabary. Ninety-nine fifth grade children (mean age 9 years 7 months) were assessed on measures of phonological awareness, word reading and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 5, Written Language, Phonemes