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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Language attrition"”.
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Chinese Foreign Language Attrition: Investigating Aspect Marker Usage
… the effect that rote memorization has on language attrition. More specifically, the loss of grammatical aspect markers is investigated. This study measures the general language attrition of a memorized narrative and an open-ended narrative between time one (T1) and time two (T2) …
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NATIVE LANGUAGE ATTRITION: A NARRATIVE INQUIRY OF THE PERCEPTIONS OF BILINGUAL EDUCATION STUDENTS
Background: Language is a medium used by different cultures to protect their traditions and identities. At the university level, we encounter students who strive to become bilingual educators because Spanish is their native language. However, these students often struggle with the academic …
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AN ANALYSIS OF CODE SWITCHING EVENTS IN TYPICALLY DEVELOPING SPANISH-ENGLISH BILINGUAL CHILDREN
Code-switching (CS) patterns were investigated in language samples of 14 typically-developing Spanish-English bilingual preschool-aged children. CS occurred primarily when the children spoke in Spanish. We investigated code-switched events, vocabulary measures, and disfluencies to better understand …
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Bilingualism and educational achievement:a study of young bilinguals in Birmingham schools and colleges
… aimed firstly to investigate current patterns of language use amongst young bilinguals in Birmingham and secondly to examine the relationship between this language use and educational achievement. The research then focussed on various practices, customs and attitudes which would favour the …
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An exploratory study into home minority language usage and maintenance in bilingual primary school children in Northern Ireland’s growing multicultural community
… concerns about their children’s home minority language attrition.<br/><br/>Data was collected from parents and children and analysed using grounded theory and triangulated with data from a content analysis of children’s picture books and narrative accounts and compared with the academic …
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Examination of the appropriateness of using standardized test scores for English as a second language (ESL) placement
… showed that the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) and the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) are most widely accepted tests. However, the RU/VHs significantly differed in terms of score requirements for admission. A substantial difference was also observed …
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Syntactic Attrition in L2 Mandarin Speakers
… to discover how a learner's L1 affects the attrition process of word order in Mandarin Chinese. To find out how certain Chinese syntactic structures were subject to attrition over time and how syntactic errors could be attributed to L1 transfer, five types of Chinese syntax that either …
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Effects of Language Shift on Families and Young Children
… when these families make decisions about the language use in their homes. These decisions may be intentional or be a result of situations that evolve over time. Nevertheless young children in the home will be impacted. Some factors that affect patents’ decisions are community language use, …