Differences in Language Skills: Heritage Language Learner Subgroups and Foreign Language Learners.  

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Kondo-Brown, Kimi

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: The Modern Language Journal (sebagian Full Text & ada di JSTOR) vol. 89 no. 4 (Dec. 2005), page 563-581.
Topik: Language Skills; Language Learners; Foreign Language Learners
Fulltext: Vol 89 no 4 pp.563-581.pdf (2.72MB)

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Using both proficiency tests and self-assessment measures, this study investigated (a) whether 3 subgroups of Japanese heritage language (JHL) learners would demonstrate language be- haviors distinctively different from those of traditional Japanese as a foreign language (JFL) learners, and (b) which domains of language use and skills would specifically identify such differentiation. Statistical analyses of data collected from 185JFL andJHL students aged 17-22 indicated that there were striking similarities between theJFL Learner group and 2JHL groups (JHL students with at least 1 Japanese-speaking grandparent but without aJapanese-speaking parent as 1 group, and JHL students of Japanese descent without either a Japanese-speaking parent or grandparent as the other). In contrast, another group of JHL students (those with at least 1 Japanese-speaking parent) proved to be substantially different from other groups in (a) grammatical knowledge, (b) listening and reading skills, (c) self-assessed use/choice of Japanese, and (d) self-ratings of a number of can-do tasks (Clark, 1981) that represented a wide range of abilities.

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