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Language Skills in Greek-English Bilingual Children Attending Greek Supplementary Schools in England
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Direct linkPapastergiou, Athanasia; Sanoudaki, Eirini – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2022
Many parents in the UK enrol their children in Greek supplementary schools so the children can learn and maintain the Greek language and culture in parallel with English mainstream education. Despite fears about the effects of this heritage language (Greek) use on children's skills in the majority language (English), research on these somewhat…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Greek, Language Maintenance, Cultural Maintenance
Kalashnikova, Marina; Mattock, Karen – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2014
Previous research has demonstrated that being bilingual from birth is advantageous for the development of skills of social cognition, executive functioning, and metalinguistic awareness due to bilingual children's extensive experience of processing and manipulating two linguistic systems. The present study investigated whether these cognitive…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Executive Function, Receptive Language, English
