Bilingual competence and bilingual proficiency in child development / Norbert Francis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Francis, Norbert.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bilingualism in children.

Language acquisition.

Competence and performance (Linguistics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (411 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : The MIT Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this volume, Norbert Francis examines the development of bilingual proficiency and the different kinds of competence that come together in making up its component parts.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Chapter 1. Introduction: The Problem of Language Acquisition When There Are Two

1.1 Bilingual Profi ciency and Bilingual Competence

1.2 Knowledge That Outstrips Experience

1.3 Modularity

1.4 A Study of Indigenous-Language Bilingualism in Mexico

1.5 Looking Ahead: Overview of the Chapters

Chapter 2. Bilingualism in School

2.1 When Second Language Learning Is Not Optional

2.2 Bilingualism, Diglossia, and Literacy

2.3 A Componential Approach to Language Ability Solves a Practical Problem in Second Language Learning

2.4 New Democracy in South Africa: The Challenge of a Multilingual Language Policy

2.5 A Possible Counterexample from North Africa

2.6 Program Design Based on a Concept from Sociolinguistics

Chapter 3. The Debate on the Nature of Bilingual Proficiency Distinguishing between Different Kinds of Language Ability

3.1 First Language and Second Language in Literacy Learning

3.2 Concepts of Bilingual Proficiency: Background to the Debate

3.3 A Proposed Modification of Cummins's Model

3.4 Literacy Learning at the San Isidro Bilingual School: A Follow-Up Study

3.5 Comparing Results from Both Languages

3.6 Using the New Model to Describe Different Kinds of Interdependence

3.7 Components and Connections

Chapter 4. Componential Approaches to the Study of Language Proficiency

4.1 Vygotsky and Luria: The Concept of "Inner Speech"

4.2 Metacognition: Language at the Service of Higher-Order Thinking

4.3 Compartmentalization of the Bilingual Mind

4.4 Bilingualism as a Showcase for the Internal Diversity of Language Proficiency

4.5 Advancing the Research Program on Bilingualism: The Need for Clarity and Reflection

Chapter 5. Research on the Components of Bilingual Proficiency.

5.1 Maximum Imbalance in Bilingualism

5.2 Separation of the Linguistic Subsystems

5.3 How Bilingual Speech Constitutes Evidence of Language Separation

5.4 Contradictions of an Integrativist Approach

5.5 A Bilingual Version of the Tripartite Parallel Architecture

5.6 More Opportunities for Research on Uneven Development

Chapter 6. The Critical Period, Access to Universal Grammar in First and Second Language, and Language Attrition

6.1 Overview of the Chapter

6.2 The Concept of Language Attrition

6.3 What the Research Says about First Language Attrition

6.4 The Critical Period Hypothesis

6.5 Is Second Language Competence Universal Grammar-Constrained?

6.6 Acquisition and Learning in the Second Language

6.7 A Wider Discussion: Applying Concepts to New Research

Chapter 7. An Analysis of Academic Language Proficiency

7.1 Secondary Discourse Ability + Metalinguistic Awareness

7.2 The Development of Narrativization and Levels of Narrative Ability

7.3 Language Development-Grammar

7.4 Access to Shared Academic Proficiencies in Biliteracy

7.5 Linking Secondary Discourse Ability and Metalinguistic Awareness at the Discourse, Sentence, and Word Levels

Chapter 8. Metalinguistic Awareness, Bilingualism, and Writing

8.1 Metalinguistic Development and Bilingualism

8.2 Metalinguistic Awareness in Literacy and Second Language Learning

8.3 A Study of Children's Perceptions of Focus on Form

8.4 Children's Development of a Reflective Posture toward Writing: Results from Spanish

8.5 Metalinguistic Awareness as a Component of Literacy Ability-Writing in Particular

8.6 Possible Implications for Teaching Writing Skills

8.7 Children's Development of a Reflective Posture toward Writing: Results from Nahuatl

8.8 The Revision/Correction Assessment in Nahuatl.

8.9 A Comparison of Performance between the Languages

8.10 Internal Resources and External Factors

8.11 Applying Different Kinds of Knowledge in Literacy Development

Chapter 9. Metalinguistic Awareness, Bilingualism, and Reading

9.1 Modular Approaches to the Study of Reading

9.2 A Study of Focus on Form in Reading

9.3 The Development of a Reflective Posture toward Reading Comprehension

9.4 One Way in Which Children Learn to Use Context Strategically

9.5 Future Research on Literacy Learning, Metalinguistic Awareness, and Bilingualism

9.6 Does the Use of Context Contradict Modularity in Reading?

Chapter 10. Conclusion Results and Prospects

10.1 Parts to Whole: What's Natural and What's Unnatural in Language Learning?

10.2 Versions of Modularity and Pending Questions in Bilingual Research

10.3 Language Diversity, Cognition, and Culture

Appendix 1: Assessment of Metalinguistic Awareness Related to Bilingualism

1. Language Naming (LN)

2. Written Message Identification (WMI)

3. Preference for Writing/Utility Interview (PWU)

4. Language Loyalty/Attitude/Usage (LLAU)

5. Language Awareness Test (LAT)

6. The Expressive Vocabulary Section of the Bilingual Interview

Appendix 2: Indices of Additive Bilingualism

Borrowing in Nahuatl Composition and in Nahuatl Oral Narrative

Revision/Correction of Borrowed Items in Nahuatl Compositions

Bilingual Interview: Expressive Vocabulary

Bilingual Interview: Language Dominance

Observation of Language Use in Conversations

Sociolinguistic Interview

Appendix 3: Early Childhood Borrowing and Codeswitching

Background Information

Total Expressive Vocabulary - Age 1

9

Mixed Utterances Subsequent to Onset of Two-Word Stage

Possible Loan Translations/Transfers (Influence of Spanish).

Appendix 4: Writing Samples, including the Assessment of Revision/Correction

Glossary

Notes

References

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

9786613420725

9780262297486

0262297485

9781283420723

1283420724

9780262298384

0262298384

OCLC:

772089912