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Third Language English Performance at the Onset of Schooling: Effects of Bilingualism and Exposure in Catalan-Spanish Bilingual Children
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Adriana Soto-Corominas; Marta Segura; Helena Roquet; Noelia Navarro; Yagmur Elif Met – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2025
Research on the effects of bilingualism on third language (L3) development set in bilingual communities is scarce, outdated, and has provided mixed results. This study investigated the effects of exposure and age of onset of acquisition (AOA) of L3-English, as well as first and second language (L1/L2) skills and use, in the development of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Spanish, Romance Languages, Bilingualism
Trilingualism and Reading Difficulty in a Third (School) Language: A Case Study of an At-Risk Child in French Immersion
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Maria Claudia Petrescu; Rena Helms-Park – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2024
This longitudinal study documents a trilingual child's struggle with decoding and word recognition, the remedies sought to help him start reading in his second language (English) while he was in French immersion, and his performance after the intervention on tests of phonological awareness in L1 Romanian, L2 English, and L3 French. The study…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Decoding (Reading), Word Recognition, Reading Difficulties
Teaching English as a Foreign Language in Multilingual Milieus in Catalonia: Perspectives and Practices of Educators in Three State Schools
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Frigolé, Neus; Tresserras, Eva – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2023
The aim of this article is to explore how the teaching of English as a foreign language is planned in three plurilingual state schools in Catalonia. We carried out classroom observations (first and second grade of primary education) and interviewed the English teachers who teach these lessons and the headmasters of the three schools. The use of…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
Friulian: The Friulian Language in Education in Italy. Regional Dossiers Series
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Petris, Cinzia, Comp. – Mercator European Research Centre on Multilingualism and Language Learning, 2014
This regional dossier aims to provide a concise, description and basic statistics about minority language education in a specific region of Europe. Aspects that are addressed include features of the education system, recent educational policies, main actors, legal arrangements, and support structures, as well as quantitative aspects, such as the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Statistical Data, Language Minorities, Second Language Learning
Asturian: The Asturian Language in Education in Spain, 2nd Edition. Regional Dossiers Series
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González-Riaño, Xosé Antón, Comp.; Fernández-Costales, Alberto, Comp. – Mercator European Research Centre on Multilingualism and Language Learning, 2014
This regional dossier aims to provide a concise, description and basic statistics about minority language education in a specific region of Europe. Aspects that are addressed include features of the education system, recent educational policies, main actors, legal arrangements, and support structures, as well as quantitative aspects, such as the…
Descriptors: Language Minorities, Foreign Countries, Romance Languages, Educational Policy
Catalan: The Catalan Language in Education in Spain, 2nd Edition. Regional Dossiers Series
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Areny, Maria, Comp.; Mayans, Pere, Comp.; Forniès, David, Comp. – Mercator European Research Centre on Multilingualism and Language Learning, 2013
Regional dossiers aim at providing a concise description and basic statistics about minority language education in a specific region of Europe. Aspects that are addressed include features of the education system, recent educational policies, main actors, legal arrangements, and support structures, as well as quantitative aspects, such as the…
Descriptors: Language Minorities, Foreign Countries, Romance Languages, Educational Policy