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Direct linkElise Alberts; Gijsbert Rutten – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
The Netherlands is home to an increasing number of English-language churches. These churches are often established with an international audience in mind: however, interestingly, they also attract a large number of Dutch as a first-language (L1) speakers. This article investigates the language attitudes and language choices of Dutch L1 speakers…
Descriptors: Native Language, Indo European Languages, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Hickey, Raymond, Ed. – Cambridge University Press, 2020
South Africa is a country characterised by great linguistic diversity. Large indigenous languages, such as isiZulu and isiXhosa, are spoken by many millions of people, as well as the languages with European roots, such as Afrikaans and English, which are spoken by several millions and used by many more in daily life. This situation provides a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English, Multilingualism, Sociolinguistics
Download full textSung, Min-Chang; Kim, Kitaek – English Teaching, 2020
Spontaneous motion is one of the most basic event types, but different languages use varying patterns to express it. For example, English usually encodes path information in prepositional phrases or adverbial particles, while Korean maps path information onto verbs (Talmy, 1985). This study predicts that this typological difference would affect…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Korean
Afendras, Evangelos A. – 1969
An attempt is made to develop a method for the presentation of temporal and spatial sociolinguistic data in order to study phenomena of bilingual interaction. Domain of language usage and other sociocultural variables are abstracted from extant sources, normalized and compared with the aim of studying sociolinguistic variation, its reflection on…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Culture Contact, Diachronic Linguistics, Diglossia
Peer reviewedThompson, Irene – Slavic and East European Journal, 1977
Russian word order is varied to suit the communicative requirements of the speaker. The present study tests the hypothesis that American students of Russian use word order differently from native speakers, using the same order for different communicative tasks. Study results support the hypothesis. (CHK)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Contrastive Linguistics, Interference (Language), Language Role
Tabbert, Russell – 1978
The term "village English" has been used by a number of people to label the English used by Alaskan natives. The term appears in discussions of educational problems and often the phenomenon is cited as a significant reason for the lower than expected achievement of Alaskan school children. It is suggested that statements about…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Cultural Background, Dialects, English
Valdes-Fallis, Guadalupe – 1978
The purpose of this paper is to provide classroom teachers with background information about code switching and its role and function within a bilingual community. The many facets of code switching and its varying characteristics are described in some detail, as well as code switching in the classroom and the importance of the teacher's attitude…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingual Teachers, Bilingualism
Yeung, Alexander Seeshing; Marsh, Herbert W. – 1998
Using the nationally representative National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS88) database, the relationships of first language (L1) proficiency to subsequent use of that language (home language maintenance), English proficiency and achievement and English self-concept were examined. Confirmatory factor analysis results showed that L1…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Grade 10, Grade 12, Grade 8
Elliott, Robert T.; Adepoju, Adelanke A. – IRAL, 1997
Study investigated effectiveness of two techniques in second-language vocabulary development: spacing of first-language (FL) and second-language (SL) words and reversal of the conventional FL/SL order in paired associate learning. Subjects were 16 English-speaking grade-seven students of French. Results showed superior performance in both spacing…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis, English
Bunton, David, Ed.; Green, Christopher F., Ed. – Institute of Language in Education Journal, 1991
Articles contained in this special issue on language usage in Hong Kong, particularly in the context of elementary and secondary education, include: "A Comparison of English Errors Made by Hong Kong Students and Those Made by Non-Native Learners of English Internationally" (David Bunton); "Errors in Guides to English Usage for Hong…
Descriptors: Chinese, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language)
Shuy, Roger W. – 1976
This paper describes the past assumptions about the mismatch of child language and school language, noting the distance principle, the characteristics of language interference and the various treatments that have been hypothesized. Past research involving language mismatch and reading is reviewed, and it is noted that even though the best evidence…
Descriptors: Child Language, Cognitive Style, Dialects, Elementary Education
Viera, Silvia – 1976
This paper discusses the conflict occurring as a result of two languages and their corresponding cultural bases coming into contact in North America, particularly in the context of bilingual education. Difficulty exists in translating awareness of problems such as language interference, cultural shock, and lowered self-image into attitudinal…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Child Language, Cognitive Processes
Pride, John – 1978
English in Third World countries characteristically possesses an ambivalent, even ambiguous character, relating uneasily with feelings of nationalism and of tolerance towards grassroots multilingualism on the one hand, and with the not-so-blind desire of common people to acquire the White people's language on the other. Many different kinds of…
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Bilingualism, Communication Skills, Communicative Competence (Languages)
