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Oluwateniola Kupolati; Mojisola Shodipe – International Multilingual Research Journal, 2024
This study examines attitudes to language use and maintenance among Yorùbá-English bilinguals in the United States. Using the direct approach in language attitude research, it specifically interrogates attitudes toward using the heritage language (HL) in public domains and maintenance among subsequent generations. It also jointly examines the…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Native Language, Language Maintenance, African Languages
Ohi, Sarah; Ingram, Paia – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2022
Histories of colonization conjointly with the current economic global climate have enabled English to become a dominant global language. The desire for citizens to attain English language proficiency on a nation-wide level is a common pursuit in developing countries, including the island nations of the South Pacific where English competency is…
Descriptors: Colonialism, Economic Climate, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Balla, Arifuddin – Indonesian Journal of English Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics, 2023
The goal of this study is to examine which word order is dominant in colloquial Buginese-Indonesian, 1) to find out which word-order pattern is more acceptable between SVO and VSO, 2) to find out which word-order pattern is more acceptable between VO and OV, and 3) to find out what internal linguistic characteristics and social factors motivate…
Descriptors: Indonesian, Syntax, Interference (Language), Malayo Polynesian Languages
Renddan, Berawati; Yasran Abdul Azi, Adi; Aina Dani, Noor – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2020
The language shift phenomenon in the Bajau Sama Kota Belud in Sabah is definite. The researchers surveyed the phenomenon in Kampung Taun Gusi 1, Kota Belud, Sabah. Based on the age cross-sectional method, 300 participants of 20-29 years (G20s), 30-39 years (G30s), 40-49 years (G40s), and 50-59 years (G50s) respectively were selected by stratified…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Case Studies, Language Skill Attrition, Native Language
Etienne, Corinne – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2022
This article explores French L1 speakers' attitudes toward French L2 speakers' negation use. Negation in prescriptive grammars calls for a pre-verbal ne and a post-verbal element like "pas." Although orally "ne" deletion is frequent, it is rarely or never taught. One common, albeit meagerly supported, explanation is that L1…
Descriptors: Native Language, French, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Language Choice and Identity Construction of Azerbaijani Bilinguals in Family and Friendship Domains
Taqavi, Mahtab; Rezaei, Amir – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2021
This study investigates Azerbaijani bilinguals' language choice and identity construction processes in family and friendship domains. Individual interviews were conducted with 19 (11 male, 8 female) participants. The emerged themes were classified under three categories, i.e. age, gender and language ideologies. The findings revealed that language…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Self Concept, Family Relationship, Friendship
Banko, Miroslaw; Witalisz, Alicja; Hansen, Karolina – Language Awareness, 2022
This article reports on a study whose aim was to analyze the relation between the level of declarative purism and the preference for a particular loanword adaptation technique. Evidence from many languages shows that language purists accept foreign words more readily if they are in a native disguise; as a consequence, they choose adaptation…
Descriptors: Linguistic Borrowing, Polish, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Hua, Congchao; Li, Yee Na; Li, Bin – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2023
This study examined proficiency levels and attitudes of main languages in use among ethnic minority students in Hong Kong. We surveyed 260 students from primary and secondary schools with English as the medium of instruction. They were multilingual speakers who were proficient in spoken English and Cantonese. Our results revealed asymmetric and…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Ethnic Groups, Cultural Pluralism, Self Concept
Wilson, George – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2023
This article compares the immersion-education systems in Brittany and Wales. The number of Welsh speakers is growing thanks to its well-developed immersion-education system. Brittany has a much less well-developed system and the number of Breton speakers is falling dramatically. Urgent action is needed if Breton is to survive. Using an approach…
Descriptors: Immersion Programs, Welsh, Comparative Education, Foreign Countries
Amanda Mahnaz Yazdani – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This dissertation investigated how a bilingual's experiences can affect how their first language pronunciation can differ from monolingual speakers of their two languages. We used a methodology incorporating quantitative phonetic measurements of voice onset time and vowel formants, grammar and vocabulary tests, and qualitative measures of language…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Phonetics, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
Alshayban, Abdullah; Alghammas, Abdurrazzag – TESOL International Journal, 2020
This study examined how students who do not speak English as their first language rely on their native tongue while studying English and participating in English courses. The researchers focused primarily on student opinions and perspectives related to their first language. Data were collected from 175 respondents through an online survey; a…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Native Language, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Roberto E. Olmeda-Rosario – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This research project sought to explore the influence of English L2 on Spanish L1 in an environment where the L1 (Spanish) is the dominant language. Participants were recruited through voluntary response sampling at the University of Puerto Rico Secondary School (UHS). They completed a language survey on Google Forms that collected general…
Descriptors: Spanish, Language Variation, Puerto Ricans, Language Usage
Cavallaro, Francesco; Xin Elsie, Tay Ya; Wong, Francis; Chin Ng, Bee – International Multilingual Research Journal, 2021
Though the two languages most frequently used in the homes of Chinese Singaporeans are English and Mandarin Chinese, there is not much information on how the home language can influence language use and attitudes toward these two languages. This study investigates the family language ecology in bilingual homes and aims to compare attitudes toward…
Descriptors: Family Relationship, Language Usage, Family Environment, Mandarin Chinese
Daugaard, Line Møller – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2022
This article focuses on mother tongue teaching in Arabic, Dari, Pashto and Somali as it is practised in a linguistically diverse primary school in Denmark. The article draws on a linguistic ethnography of language teaching across the curriculum, and the analysis focuses on three mother tongue teachers. Drawing on classroom observations and…
Descriptors: Language Attitudes, Native Language Instruction, Arabic, Indo European Languages
Odrowaz-Coates, Anna – Education as Change, 2020
This article draws on chaos theory to critically analyse the recent higher education reforms that have been taking place in Poland. The argument launched in this article aims to show that the reforms are based primarily on neoliberal foundations and to expose the linguistic dominance of the English language in neoliberal settings. The English…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Neoliberalism, Higher Education
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