The Development of L1 and L2 Proficiency in Dutch: A Narrative Analysis of a Picture-Based Story, Told by Turkish and Native Dutch Children at the Ages of Six and Eight.

Lalleman, Josine A.

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Publication Date: 1987

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The Development of L1 and L2 Proficiency in Dutch: A Narrative Analysis of a Picture-Based Story, Told by Turkish and Native Dutch Children at the Ages of Six and Eight.

Lalleman, Josine A.

Language Learning, v37 n2 p217-46 Jun 1987

Dutch native children and Turkish immigrant children, born and reared in the Netherlands, were asked to tell a story from a series of pictures, at age six and again at age eight. The Turkish children exhibited about the same level of narrative proficiency in Dutch as their Dutch peers. (Author/LMO)

Descriptors: Child Language, Children, Communicative Competence (Languages), Dutch, Interlanguage, Language Acquisition, Language Proficiency, Language Tests, Pragmatics, Second Language Learning, Semantics, Story Grammar, Story Telling, Structural Analysis (Linguistics), Syntax, Turkish

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Language: English

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