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Abu-Rabia, Salim; Iliyan, Salman – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2011
A debate centers on whether the native accent is acquired early in life or whether it can be acquired at any time. This study investigated factors that may affect native accent acquisition in a second language. Participants in this study were 50 Russians who immigrated to Israel, 17 males and 33 females. Their age on arrival was 5 to 25 years.…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Vowels, Measures (Individuals), Foreign Countries
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Haim, Orly – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2014
The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors predicting academic proficiency (AP), the specialised domains required for performing academic tasks, among Russian speaking (L1) immigrants currently studying Hebrew as a second language (L2) and English as a third language (L3) in Israeli schools. Specifically, the study examined the…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Second Language Learning, Multilingualism, Foreign Countries
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Golan-Cook, Pnina; Olshtain, Elite – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2011
A theoretical model featuring the relationship between identity and language orientations within the broader constellation of variables impacting immigration and acculturation processes was proposed within the framework of the current study and its applicability was tested with regards to 152 immigrant university students from the Former Soviet…
Descriptors: Language Attitudes, Official Languages, Foreign Countries, Immigration
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Dekeyser, Robert; Alfi-Shabtay, Iris; Ravid, Dorit – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2010
Few researchers would doubt that ultimate attainment in second language grammar is negatively correlated with age of acquisition, but considerable controversy remains about the nature of this relationship: the exact shape of the age-attainment function and its interpretation. This article presents two parallel studies with native speakers of…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Age, Learning Processes, Foreign Countries