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Thomas, Enlli Môn; Apolloni, Dafydd; Lewis, Gwyn – Language and Education, 2014
Previous studies have demonstrated how primary-school-aged children learning a minority language at school revert to the use of their dominant L1 in peer-peer situations, both within and outside the classroom. Identifying the cause of this pattern is central to language policy strategies and initiatives across many minority language regions, and…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Interviews, Elementary School Students, Welsh
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O'Hanlon, Fiona – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2015
Results are presented of a comparative study of the reasons for parental choice of Scottish Gaelic-medium and Welsh-medium primary education in the year 2000 and of the reasons for pupils' decisions to continue with Gaelic or Welsh-medium education at secondary school in 2007. Parents in both contexts cited the quality of Celtic-medium education…
Descriptors: Welsh, Indo European Languages, Language of Instruction, Bilingualism