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Input Issues in the Development of L2 French Morphosyntax

open access: yesLanguages, 2021
The aim of this article is to discuss the role of input characteristics in the development of French verb morphology. From a usage-based perspective, several cognitive and linguistic factors contribute to the ease or difficulty of processing input in L2 ...
Anita Thomas
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Generation 1.5 Writing Center Practice: Problems with Multilingualism and Possibilities via Hybridity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
In much writing center theory and practice, conversations about multilingual writers have tended to involve L2 writers. Often international students, these writers speak at least one language other than English, but they perhaps speak more than just one ...
Naydan, Liliana M.
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Multilingualism and the Holistic Approach to Multilingual Education

open access: yesStudies in Applied Linguistics & TESOL, 2013
The number of multilingual speakers now outnumbers that of monolinguals (Tucker, 1998). In a figure provided by the Linguistic Society of America, nations that are monolingual or mono-ethnic are the minority; on the contrary, scholars estimate over five-thousand languages are spoken in 160 nations around the world (Valdés, 2012).
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Effects of an Early Literacy Intervention for Linguistically Diverse Children: A Quasi-Experimental Study

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2020
Phonological awareness and letter-sound knowledge underpin children’s early literacy acquisition. Promoting these foundational skills in kindergarten should therefore lead to a better response to formal literacy instruction once started.
Pascale M. J. Engel de Abreu   +3 more
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Introduction to Special Section

open access: yesNordic Journal of African Studies, 2022
This introduction to the special section on African multilingualism introduces and contextualises three contributing articles into the recently growing research area of small-scale multilingualism.
Eri Kashima
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The Impact of Multilingualism on GPA among College Undergraduates [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Very little research is available regarding the effects that multilingualism has on academic success. This specific study looks at 305 students at a large public university in the northeast who were surveyed about their grade point average and the number
Kovalik, Alexandra
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A longitudinal investigation of the acoustic properties of infant-directed speech from 6 to 18 months

open access: yesRoyal Society Open Science
Caregivers often modulate their speech when interacting with infants, adapting a register that has been suggested to have attentional, affective and didactic purposes.
Audun Rosslund   +5 more
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Introduction: The Multilingual Prism

open access: yesStudies in Applied Linguistics & TESOL, 2013
Each year the TESOL & Applied Linguistics programs invite internationally-renowned researchers to give lectures at Teachers College. This year, we had the pleasure of hosting Dr. Jasone Cenoz and Dr.
EunYoung Kang, Natalia Sáez
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Eliminating social inequality by reinforcing standard language ideology? Language policy for Dutch in Flemish schools [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Flanders, the northern, Dutch-speaking part of Belgium, is facing a growing intra- and interlingual diversity. On the intralingual level, Tussentaal ('in-between-language') emerged as a cluster of intermediate varieties between the Flemish dialects and ...
De Caluwe, Johan, Delarue, Steven
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Multilingual Competence

open access: yesStudies in Applied Linguistics & TESOL, 2013
Multilingualism is a widespread phenomenon in modern societies. A considerable number of people speak more than two languages in their everyday life due to historical, social, or economic reasons (Cenoz & Genesee, 1998). They may live in a multilingual community as a result of colonialism and immigration, or they might be in constant contact with ...
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