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L2 Users and English Spelling.

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Cook, V. J. – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1997

Compares spelling of adult second-language English users with native children and adult first-language users, using data from 1993 NFER survey of L1 children, from a UK university English-as-a-Foreign Language test for overseas students and work by overseas students in England. Comparison showed similar error rates and distribution of errors…

Descriptors: Adults, Children, Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language)

Narrative, Argument, and Literacy: A Comparative Study of the Narrative Discourse Development of Monolingual and Bilingual 5-10-Year-Old Learners.

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Shrubshall, P. – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1997

To find out more about bilingual children's narrative discourse acquisition, study analyzes and compares the oral narrative discourse of bilingual and monolingual 5- to 10-year-olds in two ways. Uses Labov's taxonomy to measure evaluation, and shema theory to do an episodic analysis of elicited narratives. Argues that these frameworks serve to…

Descriptors: Bilingualism, Children, Comparative Analysis, Discourse Analysis