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Yim, Odilia; Bialystok, Ellen – Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 2012
The study examined individual differences in code-switching to determine the relationship between code-switching frequency and performance in verbal and non-verbal task switching. Seventy-eight Cantonese-English bilinguals completed a semi-structured conversation to quantify natural code-switching, a verbal fluency task requiring language…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Code Switching (Language), Sino Tibetan Languages, English (Second Language)
Robinson, Peter; Strong, Gregory; Whittle, Jennifer – 2000
Developing the skills necessary to participate in academic discussions is an important goal in many programs of English for academic purposes. However, there has been little empirical investigation into how verbal and nonverbal aspects of discussion abilities might be developed. This paper reports the results of a semester-long effect of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, College Students, English for Academic Purposes, English (Second Language)