Bilingual and Monolingual English Syntax on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland.

Rodrigues, Raymond J.

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Bilingual and Monolingual English Syntax on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland.

Rodrigues, Raymond J.

Research in the Teaching of English, v14 n2 p139-46 May 1980

Reports on a study of the oral and written English syntax of both Gaelic/English bilingual and English monolingual fourth- and ninth-grade students on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland. Concludes that the use of English syntax by bilingual speakers was equal to or (in one measure) superior to that of monolingual speakers. (ET)

Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, English, Foreign Countries, Language Proficiency, Language Research, Language Usage, Monolingualism, Oral Language, Syntax, Writing (Composition)

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (Scotland)

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