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Teruggi, Lilia A.; Gutiérrez-Cáceres, Rafaela – Reading Psychology, 2015
Most studies on narrative competence have focused on monolingual subjects, and there are very few studies which address this issue in bilingual subjects dealing with two language systems. In the present case study we analyzed and compared the textual and narrative written skills of three deaf and three hearing adolescents attending eighth grade at…
Descriptors: Writing Assignments, Deafness, Comparative Analysis, Bilingualism
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Cok, Lucija; Pertot, Susanna – Comparative Education, 2010
The paper focuses on education language policy in Slovene Istria and of Slovenia in Italy. On both sides of the Slovene-Italian border there is an ethnically mixed population of Italians and Slovenes, an Italian minority in Slovenia, and a Slovene minority in Italy. On both sides of the border apparently similar systems of bilingual education have…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Bilingual Education, Language of Instruction, Knowledge Level
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De Angelis, Gessica – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2012
The present article examines the effect of population distribution on L1 (Italian) and L2 (German) acquisition in the multilingual context of South Tyrol, Italy. Population distribution is regarded as a central variable to assess the impact of two factors included in willingness to communicate (WTC) theory: (1) Fear of assimilation to the L2…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Native Speakers, Foreign Countries, Multilingualism