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THE ROLE OF ESSAYS WRITTEN BY CHILDREN OF POLISH DESCENT IN RESEARCH ON THE LEVEL OF LANGUAGE ACQUISITION

Author(s): Anna Czeniek
Subject(s): Foreign languages learning, Syntax, Language acquisition, Sociolinguistics, Western Slavic Languages
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: bilingualism; written work; syntax; grammatical correctness;

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the results of a pilot study conducted in Polish Saturday Schools in London among children at the age of 13 to 15. The author concentrates on the analysis of the syntax in children’s papers. She examines whether the language competence in Polish is higher among the children who have recently come to England than among the children born in England.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 18
  • Page Range: 353-363
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish