Conflict Resolution In Second Language Acquisition  

Oleh:

DOUAUD, PATRICK C. ; Cronin, Mary C.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Language and Education (Full Text) vol. 3 no. 2 (1989), page 83-96.
Fulltext: Vol. 03, no 2, p 83-96.pdf (996.0KB)

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Second-language acquisition is seldom perfectly natural: in many cases, conflicts arise because of the frustrations inherent in imbalanced bilingualism. This article reflects a nine-month ethnographic study of a four-year-old girl faced with an abrupt transition from monolingualism to bilingualism. Her conflicts, characterised by anxiety, resistance, and a search for propriety, are first outlined; then follows a description of her coping strategies, based on linguistic invention, the exploitation of family networks, and language compartmentalisation; and finally conflict resolution is shown as involving the child in acute analytical observation, cognitive integration, and bilingual literacy development.

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