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Midgette, Ekaterina; Philippakos, Zoi A. – Language and Literacy Spectrum, 2016
The overall purpose of this case study is to examine biliteracy and its effects on a young child's orthographic and writing growth. The analysis of the kindergartener's spelling development and compositional growth in reference to both language systems indicates that biliteracy had a positive effect on the student's acquisition of English…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Bilingualism, Literacy, Spelling
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Sekerina, Irina A.; Sauermann, Antje – Second Language Research, 2015
It is well established in language acquisition research that monolingual children and adult second language learners misinterpret sentences with the universal quantifier "every" and make quantifier-spreading errors that are attributed to a preference for a match in number between two sets of objects. The present Visual World eye-tracking…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Second Language Learning, Monolingualism, Russian
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Kleyn, Tatyana; Reyes, Sharon Adelman – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2011
New York City sets itself apart from many locations in the USA due to its citizens' unparalleled diversity. The degree to which schools either build upon or suppress the backgrounds of their linguistically and culturally diverse students is dependent on the degree to which they can provide an education that is both bilingual and multicultural.…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Creoles, Ideology, Cultural Differences