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Writing Proficiency Level and Writing Development of Low-Achieving Adolescents: The Roles of Linguistic Knowledge, Fluency, and Metacognitive Knowledge
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Trapman, Mirjam; van Gelderen, Amos; van Schooten, Erik; Hulstijn, Jan – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2018
In a longitudinal design, 51 low-achieving adolescents' development in writing proficiency from Grades 7 to 9 was measured. There were 25 native-Dutch and 26 language-minority students. In addition, the roles of (1) linguistic knowledge, (2) metacognitive knowledge, and (3) linguistic fluency in predicting both the level and development of writing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle School Students, Adolescents, Writing Skills
Minority Languages, National State Languages, and English in Europe: Multilingual Education in the Basque Country and Friesland
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Cenoz, Jasone; Gorter, Durk – Journal of Multilingual Education Research, 2019
This article focuses on minority languages in education in Europe in contexts where they are in contact with national state languages and English. Teaching minority language implies bilingual education because it is not about replacing the majority language, but to come 'alongside' or at 'equal footing'. The cases of Basque and Frisian, comparing…
Descriptors: Language Minorities, Multilingualism, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Language Proficiency and Socio-Cultural Orientation of Turkish and Moroccan Youngsters in the Netherlands
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Extra, Guus; Yagmur, Kutlay – Language and Education, 2010
In this study, data and discourses on immigrant minority groups and languages other than Dutch at home and at school are presented in order to contextualise the status of Turkish and Moroccan communities and their languages in the Netherlands. Patterns of language use, choice and attitudes of Turkish (n = 63) and Moroccan (n = 64) youngsters in…
Descriptors: Language Minorities, Language Patterns, Language Maintenance, Foreign Countries