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Garcia, Valerie; Pineault, Caitlyn; Bryfonski, Lara – Modern Language Journal, 2023
This mixed-methods study explores the efficacy of a multidimensional identity measurement tool that aims to represent the diverse language experiences of heritage language learners (HLLs) and heritage language speakers (HLSs). Drawing on the thematic commonalities across 13 definitions of HLLs, a questionnaire was developed to capture age of…
Descriptors: Native Language, Heritage Education, Cultural Background, Family Influence
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Stranger--Johannessen, Espen; Norton, Bonny – Modern Language Journal, 2017
The African Storybook (ASb) is a digital initiative that promotes multilingual literacy for African children by providing openly licenced children's stories in multiple African languages, as well as English, French, and Portuguese. Based on Darvin and Norton's (2015) model of identity and investment, and drawing on the Douglas Fir Group's (2016)…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Social Capital
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Matsumoto, Kazumi – Modern Language Journal, 2013
This study investigated whether learners of Japanese with different first language (L1) writing systems use different recognition strategies and whether second language (L2) exposure affects L2 kanji recognition. The study used a computerized lexical judgment task with 3 types of kanji characters to investigate these questions: (a)…
Descriptors: Japanese, Written Language, Second Language Learning, Recognition (Psychology)