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Kasparian, Kristina; Vespignani, Francesco; Steinhauer, Karsten – Cognitive Science, 2017
First language (L1) attrition in adulthood offers new insight on neuroplasticity and the role of language experience in shaping neurocognitive responses to language. Attriters are multilinguals for whom advancing L2 proficiency comes at the cost of the L1, as they experience a shift in exposure and dominance (e.g., due to immigration). To date,…
Descriptors: Native Language, Italian, Language Skill Attrition, Language Processing
Canagarajah, Suresh – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2012
This study focuses on the ways youth in the Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora in Canada, Britain, and the United States construct their ethnic identity when proficiency in their heritage language is limited. Though these youth claim only rudimentary proficiency in Tamil and identify English as their dominant language, they are nonetheless able to claim…
Descriptors: Language Dominance, Ethnicity, Foreign Countries, Dravidian Languages
Iseke, Judy M.; Ndimande, Bekisizwe S. – International Multilingual Research Journal, 2014
Indigenous cultural and language negotiations ongoing in the contexts of South Africa and Canada are documented in two studies, one sharing narratives from Black parents in South Africa and the other sharing narratives of Métis Elders in Canada. Black parents' perspectives on Indigenous language and cultures and the role of education in…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, American Indians, Canada Natives, Foreign Countries
Arya, Diana J.; McClung, Nicola A.; Katznelson, Noah; Scott, Lyn – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2016
Social psychologists have suggested that language-based ideologies related to "stereotype threat" (i.e. variations in performance-based on ability perceptions of language groups) may affect students' academic achievement regardless of school language support. However, it is unclear whether efforts to support students' first language…
Descriptors: Social Psychology, Language Attitudes, Stereotypes, Achievement Tests
Navracsics, Judit – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2014
According to the critical period hypothesis, the earlier the acquisition of a second language starts, the better. Owing to the plasticity of the brain, up until a certain age a second language can be acquired successfully according to this view. Early second language learners are commonly said to have an advantage over later ones especially in…
Descriptors: Linguistic Input, Linguistic Theory, Second Language Learning, Developmental Stages
Law, Franzo II – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This study investigated the perception of Canadian French word-final vowels by English-dominant and French-dominant bilinguals living in Montreal. In a modified identification task, listeners selected the response that rhymed with the target word, embedded in a carrier sentence. Minimal sets of real and nonsense target words were used, contrasting…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English, Comparative Analysis, Accuracy
Schecter, Sandra R. – Canadian Journal of Education, 2012
This article reports key findings from a project that focused on the academic literacy development of children who are born and/or begin their formal schooling in Canada but are raised in homes where the societally dominant language is not the primary idiom. Analyses involved characterizing students' home ecological environments; assessing the…
Descriptors: Literacy, Teaching Methods, Minority Group Students, Foreign Countries
Faez, Farahnaz – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2011
This study reconceptualizes the native/nonnative dichotomy and provides a powerful lens to examine linguistic identities. In a study of 25 linguistically diverse teacher candidates in Canada, the respondents' native and nonnative self-ascription and self-assessed level of proficiency was juxtaposed with the judgment of their instructors. This…
Descriptors: Linguistics, Foreign Countries, Social Environment, Teacher Education
Zhou, Fan – ProQuest LLC, 2009
One result of accelerating globalization is the competition for human capital. On one hand, nations are investing more and more in their educational systems to create their own human resources; on the other hand, these nations are struggling to effectively and efficiently utilize their existing human capital. Additionally, there is a massive wave…
Descriptors: Language Dominance, Human Capital, Global Approach, Purchasing
Paradis, Johanne; Nicoladis, Elena – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2007
Two-year-old bilingual children can show sensitivity to the language choice of their interlocutor, but do not necessarily achieve perfect separation by discourse context, e.g. speaking only French with a French interlocutor; dominance in one language is often cited as a reason for this. In this study we asked whether older bilingual preschoolers…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sociolinguistics, Preschool Children, Language Dominance

Senior, Nancy – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1993
Whereas in Quebec the use of English is seen as a threat to the French language, English words are often used in France, particularly in advertising. They imply certain values: British words suggest elite status; U.S. ones promise technological progress, freedom, and fun. The adaptation of English words is described. (18 references) (Author/LB)
Descriptors: Advertising, English, Foreign Countries, French
Burnaby, Barbara; Philpott, David – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2007
In light of a major study on educational outcomes, this paper explores how Aboriginal language dominance and virtually exclusive use of oral communications in one Aboriginal group has been affected by its interaction with Western institutions. For several years negotiations have been undertaken among the Innu Nation of Labrador, the province of…
Descriptors: Language Dominance, Canada Natives, Educational Objectives, Outcomes of Education
Pacini-Ketchabaw, Veronica; de Almeida, Ana-Elisa Armstrong – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2006
This paper identifies: (a) discourses that shape immigrant parents' and early childhood educators' views of young children's bilingual development, and (b) ways in which these discourses are manifested in the everyday lives of immigrant parents as well as in the practices of early childhood educators. The findings of a study in a mid-size Canadian…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Ideology, Discourse Analysis, Monolingualism

Yasmin, Marziya; Abu-Laban, Baha – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1992
Uses data from the Public Use Sample Tapes of the 1981 Canadian Census to examine both inter- and intraethnic occupational inequality. Results indicate that social background variables, in particular gender and education, are more important than ethnicity in explaining occupational inequality. (Author/KS)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Census Figures, Employment Opportunities, Ethnicity

McEwen, Nelly – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1984
A method of assessing language dominance using self-reports of language usage in social interaction, language preference in answering a written questionnaire, and language proficiency measured by equivalent tests of linguistic aptitude is outlined. The results of the method's application on francophone ninth and twelfth graders in northeastern…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Bilingualism, English, Foreign Countries