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Tagged with second-lang-acquisition native-language
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Native language rejection
I am looking for statistics/research/terminology about the native language rejection by immigrants. I mean by this partial or complete refusal to use one's mother-tongue in favor of the local language ...
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Educating people in their mother tongue
Not all nations provide education in the national tongue.
In India, being educated in English is generally preferred.
I am looking for any study with details about the situations in different ...
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I don't know what my L1 is and want to find out
I've been doing personal research in Second Language Acquisition by reading a book on the subject (Understanding Second Language Acquisition -- by Lourdes Ortega) and I've become convinced that the L1 ...
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Analysing the notion of the native speaker
I am interested in the notions of the native, native-like, near native... speakers in linguistics. I have encountered several non-equivalent definitions/characterizations of these concepts. Right now, ...
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Am I a native English speaker? (born I Hungary, lived in US from age 3)
I'm not sure if I'm going to get any answers, but I am trying to find out whether I can qualify as a native english speaker.
Here's my story:
born in Hungary
moved to US at age 3
spoke Hungarian ...
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Is learning German easier for people who know Sanskrit, and vice versa?
I've heard many times that learning German is easier for those who speak Sanskrit, and vice versa. Is there any linguistic basis for this? What similarities exist between the two languages that may be ...
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Are there studies of difficulty to learn particular language depending on learner's native language?
Do you know if any studies were made to classify the difficulty to learn a particular language depending on learner's native language?
There are a lot of discussions about what is the easiest or the ...