Evidence from the basque country article pdf available in applied psycholinguistics 15 02. Valencia university of the basque country address for correspondence. Pdf this research examines the influence of bilingualism on third language learning in a bilingual community, the basque country. Bilingualism, identity, and citizenship in the basque country. The englishlanguage achievement of students instructed through the majority spanish and the minority basque languages in the basque country was measured. The role of bilingualism in foreign language acquisition. This research examines the influence of bilingualism on third language learning in a bilingual community, the basque country.
Additive bilingual programmes encourage learners to add a second, third. Measures of the englishlanguage achievement of students instructed through the majority spanish and minority basque languages, suggest that bilingualism and other variables intelligence, motivation, age, exposure were good predictors of englishlanguage achievement. The term additive bilingualism refers to the form of bilingualism that results when. The additive effect of bilingualism on third language acquisition.
An example of such an advantage is the more efficient acquisition of an l3 cenoz, 1991. Our digital products metadata evidence based acquisition for libraries. First, it examines the effects of bilingualism on cognitive development, metalinguistic awareness and communicative skills and then, it focuses on the specific effects of bilingualism on third language proficiency by discussing the results of several research studies conducted in different settings and contexts. Part of the springer international handbooks of education book series sihe. The part of the basque country which is in spain is divided up into two autonomous communities. Jasone cenoz university of the basque country, euskal herriko. The effect of multilingual linguistic experience on the perception of a less novel contrast. The influence of bilingualism on third language learning in a bilingual community is examined. The paper deals with the acquisition of a foreign language, in this case english, and its relationship to bilingualism in the basque country.
The joys and benefits of bilingualism tobias jones. The part of the basque country which is in france is included together with the beame region in the atlantic pyrenees department. Bilingualism, identity, and citizenship in the basque country in the bac, the transmission of euskara as a first language l1 is very high and is on the increase and the l1 transmission of both languages comother tongue bilin guals is also on the increase. This book brings together visions and realities of multilingual schools. Bilingual education in the basque country springerlink. The basque autonomous community and the community of navarre. This article looks at the general effects of bilingualism on cognitive development and. Evidence from the basque country jasone cenoz and jose f.
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