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View article: Arabic heritage language education in Sweden: Opportunities and challenges
Arabic heritage language education in Sweden: Opportunities and challenges Open
In international comparisons, the Swedish heritage-language education (HLE) system is often described as being at the forefront of HLE in Europe. Following recent right-wing shifts in national politics, HLE has now come under threat. This …
View article: A story of stories: a large-scale cross-linguistic study of young children’s narratives
A story of stories: a large-scale cross-linguistic study of young children’s narratives Open
This study investigates children’s narrative skills, using the Multilingual Assessment Instrument for Narratives (MAIN), a theory-based tool adapted to 100 languages. How do children’s overall narrative skills, including the use of factual…
View article: (In)definites, pronouns and bare nouns: How Turkish/Swedish bilingual 4-to-7-year-olds introduce characters in narratives in Swedish
(In)definites, pronouns and bare nouns: How Turkish/Swedish bilingual 4-to-7-year-olds introduce characters in narratives in Swedish Open
This study investigates the referential forms children use to introduce characters in Swedish, in a cross-sectional sample of oral narratives by 100 Turkish/Swedish bilinguals aged 4 to 7 and in a longitudinal sample from age 4 to 6 ( N = …
View article: Beyond Language Scores: How Language Exposure Informs Assessment of Nonword Repetition, Vocabulary and Narrative Macrostructure in Bilingual Turkish/Swedish Children with and without Developmental Language Disorder
Beyond Language Scores: How Language Exposure Informs Assessment of Nonword Repetition, Vocabulary and Narrative Macrostructure in Bilingual Turkish/Swedish Children with and without Developmental Language Disorder Open
As in many other countries, baseline data concerning the linguistic development of bilingual children in Sweden are lacking, and suitable methods for identifying developmental language disorder (DLD) in bilinguals are lacking as well. This…
View article: Sweden’s multilingual language policy through the lens of Turkish-heritage family language practices and beliefs
Sweden’s multilingual language policy through the lens of Turkish-heritage family language practices and beliefs Open
This study explores the language maintenance efforts of Turkish heritage-speaker families in Sweden and their relation to state-level language policy from three angles. First, Swedish mainstream language ideology is described as it manifes…
View article: It is not the ideology but the resources: family language policy in a comparative perspective
It is not the ideology but the resources: family language policy in a comparative perspective Open
This Special Issue focuses on family language policy as part of the language maintenance and shift efforts of Turkish heritage-speaker families in Australia, Belgium, France, Sweden and the Netherlands.
View article: Turkish Mother Tongue Instruction in Sweden
Turkish Mother Tongue Instruction in Sweden Open
Home language education has a long tradition in Sweden and includes the teaching of Turkish to children who grow up bilingually with Swedish as their societal language and Turkish as their home and heritage language. The present paper char…
View article: Non-Word Repetition and Vocabulary in Arabic-Swedish-Speaking 4–7-Year-Olds with and without Developmental Language Disorder
Non-Word Repetition and Vocabulary in Arabic-Swedish-Speaking 4–7-Year-Olds with and without Developmental Language Disorder Open
The Arabic-speaking community in Sweden is large and diverse, yet linguistic reference data are lacking for Arabic-Swedish-speaking children. This study presents reference data from 99 TD children aged 4;0–7;11 on receptive and expressive …
View article: Turkish heritage families in Sweden: language practices and family language policy
Turkish heritage families in Sweden: language practices and family language policy Open
This paper explores family language policy in Turkish-speaking families in Sweden. Questionnaires were administered to the parents of 105 Turkish/Swedish children (age 4 − 7), targeting family language practices (including parent–parent, p…
View article: A new perspective on referentiality in elicited narratives: Introduction to the Special Issue
A new perspective on referentiality in elicited narratives: Introduction to the Special Issue Open
This special issue investigates the use of referential expressions in elicited picture-based narratives by children with and without developmental language disorders, across a range of languages and language combinations. All contributions…
View article: Bilingual development of Turkish-speaking children in Sweden
Bilingual development of Turkish-speaking children in Sweden Open
The BiLI-TAS research project explores the Turkish and Swedish language development of 102 bilingual children aged 4-7, growing up in Sweden. Findings are reported for vocabulary, inflectional morphology and subordination, and are related …
View article: Arabic-Swedish-Speaking Children Living in Sweden: Vocabulary Skills in Relation to Age, SES and Language Exposure
Arabic-Swedish-Speaking Children Living in Sweden: Vocabulary Skills in Relation to Age, SES and Language Exposure Open
This paper investigates the receptive and expressive vocabulary skills of 100 Arabic-Swedish-speaking children ages 4;0–7;11 growing up in Sweden. We explore how vocabulary in this under-researched population is affected by age, socio-econ…
View article: Introduction to MAIN – Revised, how to use the instrument and adapt it to further languages
Introduction to MAIN – Revised, how to use the instrument and adapt it to further languages Open
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View article: Adapting MAIN to Arabic
Adapting MAIN to Arabic Open
This paper provides some brief background information on the Arabic language and describes how MAIN (Multilingual Assessment Instrument for Narratives) was adapted to several varieties of Arabic.
View article: Character introductions in oral narratives of Swedish–German bilingual preschoolers
Character introductions in oral narratives of Swedish–German bilingual preschoolers Open
Closely related Swedish and German both mark information status of referents morphologically, though little is known about its acquisition. This study investigates character introductions in the narratives of 4- and 6-year-old Swedish–Germ…
View article: MAIN story comprehension : What can we expect of a typically developing child?
MAIN story comprehension : What can we expect of a typically developing child? Open
This study investigates story comprehension in 124 typically-developing children aged 4-6 growing up in Sweden, using the LITMUS-MAIN (Multilingual Assessment instrument for Narratives, Gagarina et al. 2012). 72 Swedish monolinguals and 52…
View article: MAIN: Multilingual Assessment Instrument for Narratives – Revised
MAIN: Multilingual Assessment Instrument for Narratives – Revised Open
The Multilingual Assessment Instrument for Narratives (MAIN) is part of LITMUS (Language Impairment Testing in Multilingual Settings). LITMUS is a battery of tests that have been developed in connection with the COST Action IS0804 Language…
View article: Macrostructural organization of adults’ oral narrative texts
Macrostructural organization of adults’ oral narrative texts Open
This study investigates macrostructure in elicited narratives of 69 monolingual German-, Russian- and Swedish-speaking adults. Using the LITMUS-MAIN (Multilingual Assessment Instrument for Narratives), and its Baby Goats and Baby Birds sto…
View article: MAIN: multilingual assessment instrument for narratives
MAIN: multilingual assessment instrument for narratives Open
The Multilingual Assessment Instrument for Narratives (MAIN) was designed in order to assess narrative skills in children who acquire one or more languages from birth or from early age. MAIN is suitable for children from 3 to 10 years and …
View article: Turkish- and German-speaking bilingual 4-to-6-year-olds living in Sweden: Effects of age, SES and home language input on vocabulary production
Turkish- and German-speaking bilingual 4-to-6-year-olds living in Sweden: Effects of age, SES and home language input on vocabulary production Open
This paper investigates vocabulary production in the minority home languages of 40 Turkish-Swedish and 38 German-Swedish bilingual preschoolers aged 4;0–6;11, growing up in Sweden. We explore how age, SES, and exposure via mother-tongue in…