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Peer reviewedGenesee, Fred; And Others – Language Learning, 1983
English-speaking Canadian students were asked why they were learning French and why French-speaking Canadians wanted them to learn it, and the results were compared with their language proficiency and use. Students' expectations of motivational support from the French-Canadian community was a significant and sometimes unique predictor of…
Descriptors: Ethnic Groups, Expectation, Foreign Countries, French
Peer reviewedNicoladis, Elena; Genesee, Fred – Language Learning, 1996
Examined whether there is an earlier developmental stage than 2 years of age when bilingual children do not use their languages in pragmatically differentiated ways. Analyses of recordings of four French-English bilingual children in Canada during free play sessions with their mothers and fathers suggest a stage very early in development when…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Bilingualism, Child Language, Code Switching (Language)
