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Experience Effects on the Development of Late Second Language Learners' Oral Proficiency
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Saito, Kazuya – Language Learning, 2015
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of second language (L2) experience--operationalized as length of residence (LOR) in Canada--on late Japanese learners of English. Data collected from 65 participants consisted of three groups of learners (short-, mid-, and long-LOR groups) and two baseline groups of native Japanese and native…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Foreign Students, Japanese
Differential Functioning of Reading Subskills on the OSSLT for L1 and ELL Students: A Multidimensionality Model-Based DBF/DIF Approach
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Kim, Youn-Hee; Jang, Eunice Eunhee – Language Learning, 2009
The increasing numbers of English language learners (ELLs) in Canadian schools pose a significant challenge to the standards-based provincial tests used to measure proficiency levels of all students from various linguistic and cultural backgrounds. This study investigated the extent to which reading item bundles or items on the Ontario Secondary…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Multilingualism, Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries
The Social Psychology of Second Language Learning: Another Point of View.
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Genesee, Fred; And Others – Language Learning, 1983
English-speaking Canadian students were asked why they were learning French and why French-speaking Canadians wanted them to learn it, and the results were compared with their language proficiency and use. Students' expectations of motivational support from the French-Canadian community was a significant and sometimes unique predictor of…
Descriptors: Ethnic Groups, Expectation, Foreign Countries, French