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Peer reviewedHalmari, Helena – Issues in Applied Linguistics, 1993
Examines the evaluative component in bilingual discourse in order to show that for the purpose of evaluation, the bilingual often switches from one language to the other. The study examines spontaneous stories, unplanned short narratives and conversational exchanges occurring in the recorded speech of two Finnish-English bilingual children. (32…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Child Language, Code Switching (Language), Discourse Analysis
Peer reviewedHornby, Peter A. – Foreign Language Annals, 1980
Affirms the advantages to the child of early immersion second language learning programs. The second language proficiency of English-speaking Canadian students who received all instruction in French and English-speaking American children who received all instruction in Spanish surpassed that of students in more traditional language programs. (PMJ)
Descriptors: Child Language, Communicative Competence (Languages), Elementary Education, French
