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ERIC Number: EJ282844
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1983
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The Effects of Language of Testing on Bilingual Pre-Adolescents' Attitudes towards Welsh and Varieties of English.
Price, Susan; And Others
Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, v4 n2-3 p149-61 1983
Describes a study using matched-guise technique designed to (1) determine how West Welsh preadolescents would react to Welsh speakers reading a passage of prose in one of three language varieties (Received Pronunciation English, Welsh-Accented English, Welsh) and (2) to examine what effect language of testing might have on children's social evaluations of speech styles. (EKN)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, English, Foreign Countries, Language Attitudes, Language Research, Language Role, Language Styles, Preadolescents, Social Dialects, Sociolinguistics, Status, Welsh
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (Wales)
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