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Ortega, Lourdes – Language Learning, 2020
Using the lenses of bilingualism and social justice, I reflect on relevant conceptual and methodological issues encountered in the study of the linguistic development of heritage language speakers. Themes examined include the early but varying timing of heritage language learning; the surrounding linguistic environment, including the link between…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Social Justice, Parent Child Relationship, Linguistic Input
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Karayayla, Tugba; Schmid, Monika S. – Language Learning, 2019
This investigation aimed to provide insights into the controversial debate on the role that age at onset of bilingualism plays in human language capacity with a focus on what it entails for first language (L1) attrition. L1 performance of Turkish immigrants (n = 57) in the United Kingdom with age at onset ranging between 7 and 34 years was…
Descriptors: Native Language, Language Skill Attrition, Second Language Learning, Age Differences
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Blom, Elma – Language Learning, 2019
This study investigated the influence of cognitive ability on bilingual children's vocabulary development in both their languages. Sixty-nine bilingual immigrant children participated, with data collected at three annual intervals. At Time 1, the participants were 5 or 6 years old. Receptive vocabulary was tested in the minority (Turkish, Tarifit)…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Native Language, Second Language Learning, Receptive Language
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Lyskawa, Paulina; Nagy, Naomi – Language Learning, 2020
We examined case-marking variation in heritage Polish, Russian, and Ukrainian. Comparing heritage to homeland Polish and Ukrainian speakers, we found only a few types and a few tokens of systematic distinction between heritage and homeland varieties. A total of 6,291 instances of nouns and pronouns were extracted from transcribed conversations…
Descriptors: Slavic Languages, Native Language, Second Language Learning, Grammar
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Derwing, Tracey M.; Munro, Murray J. – Language Learning, 2013
Researching the longitudinal development of second language (L2) learners is essential to understanding influences on their success. This 7-year study of oral skills in adult immigrant learners of English as a second language evaluated comprehensibility, fluency, and accentedness in first-language (L1) Mandarin and Slavic language speakers. The…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Oral Language, Native Language, English (Second Language)
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Jang, Eunice Eunhee; Dunlop, Maggie; Wagner, Maryam; Kim, Youn-Hee; Gu, Zhimei – Language Learning, 2013
The study examined differences in reading achievement and mastery skill development among Grade-6 students with different language background profiles, using cognitive diagnosis modeling applied to large-scale provincial reading test performance data. Our analyses revealed that students residing in various home language environments show different…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Reading Achievement, Immigrants, Elementary School Students