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Languages, Volume 9, Issue 7

July 2024 - 31 articles

Cover Story: The quantity of language input is a relevant predictor of children’s language development and is often measured via various methods. This study compared the methods that are most commonly used to measure bilingual language environments. Bilingual language input estimates of 31 Turkish–Dutch and 21 Polish–Dutch 3-to-5-year-old bilingual children were measured via a questionnaire for quantifying bilingual experience (Q-BEx), day-long audio recordings (LENAs), and a combined method. Each method correlated significantly with vocabulary scores, regardless of modality or language. The three methods did not significantly differ from each other in their correlational strength with vocabulary. These findings show that both Q-BEx, LENAs, and the combined method can be deemed reliable instruments to measure bilingual language input quantity. View this paper

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Family Language Policy in the Estonian Diaspora in Finland: Language Ideology and Home Language Education

Larissa Aksinovits and
Anna Verschik

Languages2024, 9(7), 225;https://doi.org/10.3390/languages9070225

21 June 2024

The article deals with family language policy (FLP) among Estonian families in Finland. The focus is on language beliefs concerning maintenance of Estonian and Estonian home language (HL) classes provided by municipalities free of charge. Using the c...

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