An Examination of Written Expression in Bilingual Students'"Non-Academic" Language: Assessment of Sense of Story Structure and Interlinguistic Transfer.

Francis, Norbert

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ERIC Number: EJ619880

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 2000

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An Examination of Written Expression in Bilingual Students'"Non-Academic" Language: Assessment of Sense of Story Structure and Interlinguistic Transfer.

Francis, Norbert

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, v10 n2 p187-219 2000

Four classes of bilingual children from Grades 3 and 5, speakers of Spanish and Nahuatl, participated in a study of literacy development focused on interlinguistic transfer and the application of narrative schemata as seen in writing samples produced in both languages. Reports on a methodological approach seen to be effective in eliciting connected discourse and borrowing and code switching features. (Author/VWL)

Descriptors: Bilingualism, Code Switching (Language), Foreign Countries, Linguistic Borrowing, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Spanish, Teaching Methods, Transfer of Training, Written Language

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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