Plurilingual Primary School Students and Their Language Use
This case study examines the perspective of plurilingual primary school students on three aspects of their language use: code switching, positive language transfer and translation. In other words, the research question attempted to be answered in this paper is whether plurilingual primary school stu...
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| description | This case study examines the perspective of plurilingual primary school students on three aspects of their language use: code switching, positive language transfer and translation. In other words, the research question attempted to be answered in this paper is whether plurilingual primary school students use their communicative repertoires purposefully and strategically for their communication, acquisition, and learning of the languages. The research was conducted in a class of eighteen third-graders who attended an international primary school in Zagreb, with the average age of 9. Two questionnaires and a semi-structured interview were used to collect data about the students’ language background, their language use, and their motives for engaging in code-switching, positive language transfer, and translation. In this research, the majority of the participants reported code-switching, the use of positive language transfer and translation. The findings also suggest the students are aware of the benefits that accompany plurilingualism, and that most of the participants possess significant metalinguistic awareness regardless of their young age. To sum up, this case study brings a valuable insight into the plurilingual world of primary school children and the development of their metalinguistic awareness. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-be7ebef7253b4c269a0f10cd47a383c42022-12-22T03:33:36ZdeuSciendoDarnioji daugiakalbystė2335-20272018-05-0112111412910.2478/sm-2018-0005Plurilingual Primary School Students and Their Language UseLujić Rea0Deda Silvija Hanžić1University of Zadar, CroatiaUniversity of Zagreb, CroatiaThis case study examines the perspective of plurilingual primary school students on three aspects of their language use: code switching, positive language transfer and translation. In other words, the research question attempted to be answered in this paper is whether plurilingual primary school students use their communicative repertoires purposefully and strategically for their communication, acquisition, and learning of the languages. The research was conducted in a class of eighteen third-graders who attended an international primary school in Zagreb, with the average age of 9. Two questionnaires and a semi-structured interview were used to collect data about the students’ language background, their language use, and their motives for engaging in code-switching, positive language transfer, and translation. In this research, the majority of the participants reported code-switching, the use of positive language transfer and translation. The findings also suggest the students are aware of the benefits that accompany plurilingualism, and that most of the participants possess significant metalinguistic awareness regardless of their young age. To sum up, this case study brings a valuable insight into the plurilingual world of primary school children and the development of their metalinguistic awareness.https://doi.org/10.2478/sm-2018-0005code-switchingpositive language transferplurilingualismplurilingual and pluricultural competencetranslation |
| spellingShingle | Lujić Rea Deda Silvija Hanžić Plurilingual Primary School Students and Their Language Use Darnioji daugiakalbystė code-switching positive language transfer plurilingualism plurilingual and pluricultural competence translation |
| title | Plurilingual Primary School Students and Their Language Use |
| title_full | Plurilingual Primary School Students and Their Language Use |
| title_fullStr | Plurilingual Primary School Students and Their Language Use |
| title_full_unstemmed | Plurilingual Primary School Students and Their Language Use |
| title_short | Plurilingual Primary School Students and Their Language Use |
| title_sort | plurilingual primary school students and their language use |
| topic | code-switching positive language transfer plurilingualism plurilingual and pluricultural competence translation |
| url | https://doi.org/10.2478/sm-2018-0005 |
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