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Written Narrations by 8- to 10-Year-Old Turkish Pupils in Flemish Primary Education: A Follow-Up of Seven Text Features
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Verheyden, Lieve; Van den Branden, Kris; Rijlaarsdam, Gert; Van den Bergh, Huub; De Maeyer, Sven – Journal of Research in Reading, 2010
This semi-longitudinal study examined the development of narrative writing quality of young Turkish second language learners in mainstream Dutch-only education, and the impact of student-level and classroom-level predictors of narrative writing quality, using hierarchical linear modelling. Writing samples of 106 third graders and 111 fourth…
Descriptors: Language Patterns, Primary Education, Writing Achievement, Effect Size
Does Pictorial Elucidation Foster Recollection of Idioms?
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Boers, Frank; Piquer Piriz, Ana Maria; Stengers, Helene; Eyckmans, June – Language Teaching Research, 2009
Experimental evidence suggests that pictorial elucidation helps learners comprehend and remember the meaning of second language (L2) idioms. In this article we address the question whether it also helps retention of the form of idioms, i.e. their precise lexical composition. In a small-scale experiment, the meaning of English idioms was clarified…
Descriptors: Language Patterns, Cognitive Style, Textbooks, Vocabulary Development
Borrowing and Shift-Induced Interference: Contrasting Patterns in French-Germanic Contact in Brussels and Strasbourg.
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Treffers-Daller, Jeanine – Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 1999
Tests hypotheses from the model for contact-induced language change as formulated in Thomason and Kaufman (1998) and Thomason (1998). The model correctly predicts the asymmetries between the mutual influences of the Germanic and Romance varieties in Brussels, Belgium and Strasbourg, France, making it a very powerful tool for describing the…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Cognitive Processes, French, Language Patterns
Summary of "Borrowing and Shift-Induced Interference: Contrasting Patterns in French-Germanic Contact."
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Treffers-Daller, Jeanine – Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 1999
Summarizes a keynote address that tested hypotheses from the model for contact-induced language change as formulated in Thomason and Kaufman (1998) and Thomason (1998). The model correctly predicts the asymmetries between the mutual influences of the Germanic and Romance varieties in Brussels, Belgium and Strasbourg, France, making it a very…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Cognitive Processes, French, Language Patterns
Peer Commentaries on "Borrowing and Shift-Induced Interference: Contrasting Patterns in French-Germanic Contact."
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Beeching, Kate; Poplack, Shana; Meechan, Marjory; Sebba, Mark; Singh, Rajendra; Stolz, Thomas; Thomason, Sarah Grey; Winford, Donald – Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 1999
Seven peer commentaries are provided in response to a paper that tested hypotheses from a model for contact-induced language change as formulated in Thomason and Kaufman (1998) and Thomason (1998). The model correctly predicts asymmetries between mutual influences of Germanic and Romance varieties in Brussels, Belgium and Strasbourg, France,…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Cognitive Processes, French, Language Patterns
The Nuts and Bolts of Language Contact.
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Treffers-Daller, Jeanine – Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 1999
Responds to peer commentaries written in response to a paper examining the model for contact-induced language change as formulated in Thomason and Kaufman (1998) and Thomason (1998). The model correctly predicts asymmetries between mutual influences of Germanic and Romance varieties in Brussels, Belgium and Strasbourg, France, making it a very…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Cognitive Processes, French, Language Patterns