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First language maintenance and second language acquisition of a minority language in kindergarten

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Author(s)
Hickey, Tina 
Ó Cainín, Pól 
Uri
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/6064
Date Issued
January 2001
Date Available
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Abstract
In some minority language situations L2 learners are grouped in the same classrooms with L1 speakers of that language. While this practice is generally necessitated by low student numbers, it is also seen as offering an opportunity for L2 learners to interact with native speaker peers, which has been found to be advantageous for language learners (e.g. Harley, 1984, Day & Shapson, 1987). However, there is some evidence that this grouping may be disadvantageous for the L1 minority speakers: Mougeon & Beniak (1991) and M. Jones (1998a, 1998b) have pointed to markers of L2 interlanguage in the language of L1 minority children in immersion in Canada and Wales, showing L2 learners to be influencing L1 minority pupils’ syntax. The grouping together of L1 and L2 learners occurs in minority language situations such as Ireland, Wales and the Basque Country, as well as in parts of Canada, and in the U.S. in Two-Way Bilingual Programs. This study looks at language contact between English and the minority language Irish in Irish-medium pre-schools or naíonraí. It focuses on the language use of children from different backgrounds, in a situation where Irish is the target language.
Type of Material
Conference Publication
Publisher
Cascadilla Press
Keywords
  • Irish language

  • Language education

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http://www.cascadilla.com/iascl8.html
Language
English
Status of Item
Peer reviewed
Part of
Almgren, M., Barreña, A., Ezeizabarrena, MJ., Idiazabal, I. and MacWhinney, B. (eds.). Research on Child Language Acquisition
Description
8th Conference of the International Association for the Study of Child Language (IASCL). Donostia-San Sebastián, Spanish Basque Country, July 1999
ISBN
9781574731194
This item is made available under a Creative Commons License
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ie/
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