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Hanna L. Binks; Enlli Môn Thomas – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2024
Numerous studies suggest that bilinguals demonstrate smaller vocabularies than monolinguals, and that bilinguals' breadth of vocabulary knowledge - both expressive and receptive - is linked to input frequencies in each language [e.g. Hoff, E., S. Welsh, S. Place, and K. Ribot. 2014. "Properties of Dual Language Input That Shape Bilingual…
Descriptors: Welsh, English (Second Language), English, Cognitive Ability
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Jordens, Kathelijne; Van den Branden, Kris; Van Gorp, Koen – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2018
This study explores language choice patterns during group work of bilingual pupils (Turkish-Dutch) in two mainstream primary schools in Flanders (Belgium). In each school, a group of four children performed eight different tasks, related to different subjects of the curriculum. During task performance, they were exceptionally invited to use their…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Language Usage, Turkish, Indo European Languages
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Bosma, Evelyn; Blom, Elma; Hoekstra, Eric; Versloot, Arjen – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2019
This longitudinal study investigated to what extent the acquisition of cognates among bilingual children depends on the degree of cross-language similarity and intensity of exposure to the tested language, and whether children's sensitivity to cognates with different degrees of cross-language similarity changes over time. For three consecutive…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Indo European Languages, Contrastive Linguistics, Second Language Learning
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Hovsepian, Alice – First Language, 2018
Four-year-old (n = 20) and five-year-old (n = 22) bilingual children were tested twice in six months on Armenian (minority language) and English (majority language) picture identification and picture naming tasks to examine receptive and expressive vocabulary growth in both languages. Parental education, Armenian/English language exposure, and…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Predictor Variables, Bilingualism, Language Minorities
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Dalton, Gene; Devitt, Ann – International Journal of Game-Based Learning, 2016
In the 2011 census almost one in three Irish teenagers claimed to be unable to speak Irish (Central Statistics Office, Ireland, 2012), despite the language being taught daily in school. The challenges facing the Irish language in schools are complex and multifaceted. The research reported here attempts to address some of these challenges by…
Descriptors: Irish, Computer Games, Teaching Methods, Language Usage
Rodriguez, Astrid Sussette – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Developing literacy and language proficiency in English is essential to thrive in school and in the workforce in American society. Research on cross-linguistic influences on text-level skills is scant, especially studies investigating reading comprehension among language-minority adults. The present study investigated the effects of…
Descriptors: Transfer of Training, Second Language Learning, Reading Comprehension, Spanish Speaking