The Development of Narrative Skills in Learners of Basque as a Second Language

Autor/inn/en	Almgren, Margareta; Manterola, Ibon
Titel	The Development of Narrative Skills in Learners of Basque as a Second Language
Quelle	In: Education Inquiry, 7 (2016) 1, S.27-46 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2000-4508
DOI	10.3402/edui.v7.27627
Schlagwörter	Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Languages; Spanish; Connected Discourse; Immersion Programs; Oral Language; Story Telling; Sociolinguistics; Age Differences; Language Proficiency; Language of Instruction; Longitudinal Studies; Foreign Countries; Native Language; Elementary School Students; Spain + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Language; Sprache; Spanisch; Immersionsprogramm; Oral interpretation; Mündlicher Sprachgebrauch; Soziolinguistik; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Teaching language; Unterrichtssprache; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Ausland; Spanien
Abstract	The aim of this paper is to analyse some aspects of development of Basque as a second language (L2) in children for whom Spanish is their first language (L1) who attended immersion school in Basque in a Spanish-speaking sociolinguistic context. Data consist of oral story retellings produced in a classroom setting where the same children participated at ages 5, 8 and 11. Another group of children for whom Basque was the L1 and who lived in a strong Basque-speaking environment also took part in the study. Two aspects are analysed in the stories: lexical difficulties and the production of text organisers. According to the results, the Basque L2 children seemed to have acquired a linguistic competence quite comparable to L1 capacity: the lexical aspects studied show a clear development in L2, since lexical gaps were frequent at age 5, diminished at age 8 and were practically non-existent at age 11. The production of text organisers also shows a clear developmental pattern and, with increasing age, the children produced a higher variety of text organisers, providing precise temporal links to different segments of the story. It is concluded that Basque immersion seems to foster the development of Basque L2 in contexts where the use of Basque is quite reduced. (As Provided).
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