Russian Language Maintenance among Children from Immigrant Families in Saskatchewan

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Date
2016-04-22Author
Terekhova, Natalia
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ThesisDegree Level
MastersMetadata
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The study investigates prediction factors of children's proficiency in Russian among children from Russian-speaking families in Saskatchewan. For that purpose, 5-7 year old children and their parents were interviewed about their language use, proficiency, and language attitudes, as well as children's Russian language proficiency was measured and compared to monolingual children in Russia.
Degree
Master of Arts (M.A.)Department
Languages and LinguisticsProgram
LinguisticsSupervisor
Makarova, VeronikaCommittee
Chirkov, Valery; Daniel, Ben; Wood, Peter; Akkerman, AviCopyright Date
March 2016Subject
bilingualism, language maintenance, Russian language, bilingual children, language attitudes, minority languages, heritage languages
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