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      Russian Language Maintenance among Children from Immigrant Families in Saskatchewan

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      Date
      2016-04-22
      Author
      Terekhova, Natalia
      Type
      Thesis
      Degree Level
      Masters
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      Abstract
      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 Linguistics
      Program
      Linguistics
      Supervisor
      Makarova, Veronika
      Committee
      Chirkov, Valery; Daniel, Ben; Wood, Peter; Akkerman, Avi
      Copyright Date
      March 2016
      URI
      http://hdl.handle.net/10388/ETD-2016-03-2494
      Subject
      bilingualism, language maintenance, Russian language, bilingual children, language attitudes, minority languages, heritage languages
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