Descriptor
| Foreign Countries | 3 |
| Language Usage | 3 |
| Portuguese | 3 |
| English (Second Language) | 2 |
| French | 2 |
| Grammar | 2 |
| Immigrants | 2 |
| Linguistic Borrowing | 2 |
| Phonology | 2 |
| Spanish | 2 |
| Adolescents | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Source
| TESL Canada Journal | 1 |
Publication Type
| Collected Works - Proceedings | 2 |
| Journal Articles | 1 |
| Reports - Research | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
| Canada | 3 |
| Cameroon | 1 |
| Spain (Madrid) | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewed
Download full textGoldstein, Tara – TESL Canada Journal, 1994
This study examined the linguistic experiences of Portuguese immigrant workers employed in a Toronto factory where Portuguese is used almost exclusively on the shop floor. It discusses why these workers often have negative attitudes toward the improvement of their English skills and what types language curriculum might be useful to immigrants…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Immigrants
Perron, Veronique, Ed. – 2001
Papers on language research in this volume include the following: Phonetique ou phonologie: le chva dans les emprunts anglais en portugais (Phonetics or Phonology: The Schwa in English Loan Words to Portuguese) (Pascale Belanger); NewsExpert: exemple de l'application de la linguistique informatique a Internet (NewsExpert: An Example of Its…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Bilingual Education, Canada Natives, English (Second Language)
Drouin, Patrick, Ed.; And Others – 1993
Papers from a 1993 conference on linguistics, all in French, include essays on the following: Yoruba morphophonology; literary Arabic morphophonology; grammatical cohesion in Burushaski; phonological and lexical variation in French Canadian dialects, including Acadian; insults in Madrid Spanish; discourse analysis; maintenance of meaning in…
Descriptors: African Languages, American Indians, Arabic, Berber Languages
