Cross-linguistic Transfer in Reading in Multilingual Contexts
Cross-linguistic Transfer in Reading in Multilingual Contexts

Author: Elena Zaretsky

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company

Published: 2016-10-03

Total Pages: 195

ISBN-13: 9027266514

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This book represents concurrent attempts of multiple researchers to address the issue of cross-linguistic transfer in literacy. It includes broad spectrum of languages and reflects a new generation of conceptualizations of cross-linguistic transfer, offering a different level of complexity by studying children who are trilingual and even learning a fourth language. The collection of papers in this volume tried to capture the dynamic developmental changes in cross-linguistic transfer that include such factors as age of acquisition, typological proximity of L1 and L2 (and L3, L4), intensity of exposure to language and reading in ambient and newly acquired language(s), quality of input and home literacy. More stringent methodological considerations allowed to isolate specific constructs that suggest either primary levels of children’s metalinguistic abilities (phonological awareness that can be applied cross-linguistically) or a more language-specific constructs (morphological awareness) that relies on various factors, including typological proximity, language proficiency and task demands. Originally published in Written Language & Literacy, Vol. 17:1 2014.

Cross-Linguistic Transfer of Writing Strategies
Cross-Linguistic Transfer of Writing Strategies

Author: Karen Forbes

Publisher: Multilingual Matters

Published: 2020-10-19

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 1788929764

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In the context of increasingly multilingual global educational settings, this book provides a timely exploration of the phenomenon of cross-linguistic transfer of writing strategies (in particular, transfer from the foreign language to the first language) and presents a compelling case for a multilingual approach to writing pedagogy. The book presents evidence from a classroom-based intervention study conducted in a secondary school in England on cross-linguistic strategy transfer. It suggests that even beginner or low proficiency foreign language learners can develop effective skills and strategies in the foreign language classroom which can also positively influence writing in other languages, including their first language. This book ultimately encourages more joined-up, cross-curricular, cross-linguistic thinking related to language in schools by exploring the potential for collaboration between languages teachers.

Encyclopedia of Language and Education
Encyclopedia of Language and Education

Author: Stephen May

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-03-15

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9783319022574

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In this third, fully revised edition, the 10 volume Encyclopedia of Language and Education offers the newest developments, including an entirely new volume of research and scholarly content, essential to the field of language teaching and learning in the age of globalization. In the selection of topics and contributors, the Encyclopedia reflects the depth of disciplinary knowledge, breadth of interdisciplinary perspective, and diversity of socio-geographic experience in the language and education field. Throughout, there is an inclusion of contributions from non-English speaking and non-western parts of the world, providing truly global coverage. Furthermore, the authors have sought to integrate these voices fully into the whole, rather than as special cases or international perspectives in separate sections. The Encyclopedia is a necessary reference set for every university and college library in the world that serves a faculty or school of education, as well as being highly relevant to the fields of applied and socio-linguistics. The publication of this work charts the further deepening and broadening of the field of language and education since the publication of the first edition of the Encyclopedia in 1997 and the second edition in 2008.

Cross-linguistic Influence in Third Language Acquisition
Cross-linguistic Influence in Third Language Acquisition

Author: Jasone Cenoz

Publisher: Multilingual Matters

Published: 2001-01-01

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 9781853595493

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Third language acquisition is a common phenomenon, which presents some specific characteristics as compared to second language acquisition. This volume adopts a psycholinguistic approach in the study of cross-linguistic influence in third language acquisition and focuses on the role of previously acquired languages and the conditions that determine their influence.

New Trends in Crosslinguistic Influence and Multilingualism Research
New Trends in Crosslinguistic Influence and Multilingualism Research

Author: Gessica De Angelis

Publisher: Multilingual Matters

Published: 2011-09-13

Total Pages: 145

ISBN-13: 1847694446

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This book presents the latest developments in crosslinguistic influence (CLI) and multilingualism research. The contributors, both veteran researchers and relative newcomers to the field, situate their research in current debates in terms of theory and data analysis and they present it in an accessible way. The chapters investigate how and when native and non-native language knowledge is used in language production. They focus on lexis, syntax, tense-aspect, phonology of multilingual production and link it to a range of concepts such as redundancy, affordances, metalinguistic awareness and L2 status. The empirical data have been collected from participants with a wide combination of languages: besides English, German, French and Spanish, there is Finnish, Swedish, Polish, Chinese and Catalan.

Cross-linguistic Similarity in Foreign Language Learning
Cross-linguistic Similarity in Foreign Language Learning

Author: Håkan Ringbom

Publisher: Multilingual Matters

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 153

ISBN-13: 1853599344

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This book explores the importance of cross-linguistic similarity in foreign language learning. Similarities can be perceived in the form of simplified one-to-one relationships or merely assumed. The book outlines the different roles of L1 transfer on comprehension and on production, and on close and distant target languages.

Educating English Language Learners
Educating English Language Learners

Author: Fred Genesee

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2006-01-16

Total Pages: 10

ISBN-13: 1139448986

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The book provides a review of scientific research on the learning outcomes of students with limited or no proficiency in English in U.S. schools. Research on students in kindergarten to grade 12 is reviewed. The primary chapters of the book focus on these students' acquisition of oral language skills in English, their development of literacy (reading & writing) skills in English, instructional issues in teaching literacy, and achievement in academic domains (i.e., mathematics, science, and reading). The reviews and analyses of the research are relatively technical with a focus on research quality, design characteristics, and statistical analyses. The book provides a set of summary tables that give details about each study, including full references, characteristics of the students in the research, assessment tools and procedures, and results. A concluding chapter summarizes the major issues discussed and makes recommendations about particular areas that need further research.

Cross-linguistic Influences in the Second Language Lexicon
Cross-linguistic Influences in the Second Language Lexicon

Author: Janusz Arabski

Publisher: Multilingual Matters

Published: 2006-02-28

Total Pages: 297

ISBN-13: 1788920244

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This volume contains a selection of papers analyzing language transfer, a phenomenon which results from language contact in bilingual and multilingual language acquisition and learning contexts. The main focus of the volume is on the lexical aspects of language transfer.