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"L'Animal Qui Fait Oink! Oink!": Bilingual Children's Oral and Written Picture Descriptions in English and French under Varying Instructions.

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Wu, Hsin-feng; And Others – Discourse Processes, 1994

Explores how children's performance on picture description tasks in French, their limited-use language, compares to their performance on the same tasks in English. Investigates whether home language environment has an effect on performance. (SR)

Descriptors: Bilingualism, Discourse Analysis, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students

Curriculum Decision-Making in a Multilingual Context

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Olshtain, Elite; Nissim-Amitai, Frieda – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2004

The educational system in a multilingual society needs to reflect the authentic patterns of language use by the individuals in that society. A person who knows three or more languages presumably uses each of these languages in different contexts, for different purposes and at varying levels of proficiency. The school curriculum should aim at…

Descriptors: Language Patterns, Language Dominance, Multilingualism, Occupational Mobility