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Klammler, Astrid; Schneider, Stefan – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2011
In the present study, the natural and simultaneous first language acquisition of a German-Italian bilingual boy and an Italian monolingual girl from 1;8 to 2;1 are analyzed and compared. The investigation focuses on the rate of acquisition and the size and composition of the productive lexicons. At the end of the observation period, the bilingual…
Descriptors: Nouns, Monolingualism, German, Language Acquisition
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Yazici, Zeliha; Ilter, Binnur Genc; Glover, Philip – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2010
In a bilingual context, the mother tongue plays a key role in a child's social and personal development, in education and in second-language learning. There is a complex relationship between these three areas. Support for children receiving education through a second language is often in the form of additional learning opportunities in the second…
Descriptors: Native Language, Second Language Learning, Migrant Children, Foreign Countries