Mandarin Development of Indonesian Immigrants’ Children

A Longitudinal Study in Taiwan

• Author(s): Jenny Yi-chun Kuo,
• Publisher: Springer
• Pages: 154
• ISBN_10: 9811010358
  ISBN_13: 9789811010354
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Foreign Language Study / Chinese , Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General , Education / Language Experience Approach , Language Arts & Disciplines / Reference , Language Arts & Disciplines / Study & Teaching ,

Description:...

This book summarizes the results a three-year longitudinal project on Mandarin development among children of Indonesian mothers, the second largest non-Mandarin speaking immigrant group in Taiwan. These children were acquiring their first language while interacting primarily with a non-native learner of the language. The book discusses phonological, lexical and syntactic development to provide a better understanding of the language development of the children of immigrants and has important implications for language education policy and language acquisition theories.