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Gorman, B.K.; Gillam, R.B. – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2004
In the United States, more than 2 million children in Grades pre-K through 6 speak Spanish as their primary language. Approximately 50% of these students receive academic instruction in Spanish. This tutorial provides research-based recommendations for presenting phonological awareness tasks to children who receive literacy instruction in Spanish.…
Descriptors: Phonological Awareness, Pathology, Reading Skills, Monolingualism
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Bialystok, Ellen; Craik, Fergus; Luk, Gigi – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2008
Ninety-six participants, who were younger (20 years) or older (68 years) adults and either monolingual or bilingual, completed tasks assessing working memory, lexical retrieval, and executive control. Younger participants performed most of the tasks better than older participants, confirming the effect of aging on these processes. The effect of…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Monolingualism, Language Processing, Bilingualism
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Vihman, Marilyn May; Thierry, Guillaume; Lum, Jarrad; Keren-Portnoy, Tamar; Martin, Pam – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2007
Children raised in the home as English or Welsh monolinguals or English-Welsh bilinguals were tested on untrained word form recognition using both behavioral and neurophysiological procedures. Behavioral measures confirmed the onset of a familiarity effect at 11 months in English but failed to identify it in monolingual Welsh infants between 9 and…
Descriptors: Familiarity, Infants, Word Recognition, Monolingualism
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Bunta, Ferenc; Ingram, David – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2007
Purpose: In this study, the authors investigated speech rhythm acquisition by bilingual Spanish-English-speaking children, comparing their performance with functionally monolingual peers in both languages and to monolingual and bilingual adults. Method: Participants included younger children (3;9 [years;months] to 4;5.15 [years;months.days]),…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Monolingualism, English, Bilingualism
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Kobayashi, Chiyoko; Glover, Gary H.; Temple, Elise – Brain and Language, 2006
Theory of mind (ToM)--our ability to predict behaviors of others in terms of their underlying intentions--has been thought to be universal and invariant across different cultures. However, several ToM studies conducted outside the Anglo-American cultural or linguistic boundaries have obtained mixed results. To examine the influence of…
Descriptors: Neurolinguistics, Brain, Cultural Influences, Bilingualism
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Schwartz, Ana I.; Kroll, Judith F. – Journal of Memory and Language, 2006
The present study investigated the cognitive nature of second language (L2) lexical processing in sentence context. We examined bilinguals' L2 word recognition performance for language-ambiguous words [cognates (e.g., "piano") and homographs (e.g., "pan")] in two sentence context experiments with highly proficient Spanish-English bilinguals living…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Sentences, Second Language Learning, Language Processing
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Shuck, Gail – Journal of Language, Identity & Education, 2006
This article identifies some discursive processes by which White, middle-class, native-English-speaking, U.S.-born college students draw on a monolingualist ideology and position themselves and others within a language-race-nationality matrix. These processes construct the speakers' Whiteness and nativeness in English as unmarked and normal; mark…
Descriptors: Whites, Middle Class, Native Speakers, College Students
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Sorace, Antonella; Filiaci, Francesca – Second Language Research, 2006
This study presents data from an experiment on the interpretation of intrasentential anaphora in Italian by native Italian speakers and by English speakers who have learned Italian as adults and have reached a near-native level of proficiency in this language. The two groups of speakers were presented with complex sentences consisting of a main…
Descriptors: Form Classes (Languages), Sentences, Monolingualism, Italian
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Schrand, Heinrich – Zielsprache Englisch, 1976
Discusses six journal articles which deal with monolingualism and simultaneous reading. The articles are found in "Die Neueren Sprachen,""Praxis des neusprachlichen Unterrichts," and "Zielsprache Englisch." (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: Foreign Language Periodicals, Language Instruction, Literature Reviews, Monolingualism
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Hilt, Douglas – ADFL Bulletin, 1982
Discusses the lack of motivation in the United States for learning foreign languages. Suggests that starting second languages earlier will produce more people both proficient in a second language and sensitive to other cultures. (EKN)
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Language Attitudes, Language Proficiency, Monolingualism
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Nayak, Nandini; And Others – Language Learning, 1990
Examination of differences in the language-learning strategies of monolingual and multilingual adults found no clear evidence that multilinguals were superior in language-learning abilities overall, although they were more able to adjust their learning strategies according to language task requirements. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Adults, Language Proficiency, Language Research, Learning Strategies
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Kawashima, Michiko; Prideaux, Gary D. – Language Sciences, 1992
Examines the role of a "local cue"--the grammatical aspect expressed by the verb "ru/-ta"--in Japanese temporal clauses. Ninety-six children were examined. Results show that the success of verb forms as clues requires that temporal relations be clearly expressed. This supports the claim that overt surface clues facilitate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Japanese, Language Processing, Monolingualism
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Santa Ana A., Otto – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 1993
Critiques controversies about Chicano dialects and, particularly, the linguistic status of Chicano English. Proposes a model of Chicano languages/dialects based on assumptions about the nature of the speech setting of Chicanos. Characterizes Chicano English as the autonomous vernacular dialect of native-English-speaking Chicanos. (70 references)…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Dialect Studies, Dialects, English
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Yates, Alan – Current Issues in Language and Society, 1998
Responds to an article by Strubell, "Language, Democracy, and Devolution in Catalonia," explaining differences between various dialects grouped under the Catalan umbrella and focusing on the context of the new language-policy legislation, the impact of the new legislation, tensions arising from the implementation of the language policy,…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Dialects, Foreign Countries, Language Maintenance
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Levy, Yonata; Vainikka, Anne – Language Acquisition, 2000
Examines a mixed pattern of subject omission in Hebrew. Longitudinal data is presented from three children whose first and only language is Hebrew. Findings show very early acquisition of the null subject system. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Hebrew, Language Acquisition, Language Patterns, Longitudinal Studies
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