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Thomas, Enlli Mon; Lewis, W. Gwyn; Apolloni, Dafydd – Language and Education, 2012
Children's exposure to a minority language is often limited to the education domain. Consequently, educational establishments have an important role to play in maintaining and enhancing the linguistic achievements of minority first language (L1) speakers whilst at the same time developing the competence of those learning it as a second language…
Descriptors: Language Minorities, Speech Communication, Foreign Countries, Welsh
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Thomas, Enlli Mon; Roberts, Dylan Bryn – Language and Education, 2011
This paper examines bilingual children's use of language inside and out of the minority language classroom. A total of 145 children between 8 and 11 years of age, attending 16 bilingual Welsh-English primary schools in North Wales, responded to questionnaires (supplemented by classroom observations) requesting information about their language…
Descriptors: Linguistic Competence, Language Usage, Language Planning, Foreign Countries