Essays about: "Zhiyin Zhang"

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  1. 1. “I never thought about those rules in all my languages” : A comparative study of teaching the English articles in the multilingual classroom from a monolingual or a multilingual approach

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Zhiyin Zhang; [2018]
    Keywords : Second Language Acquisition; Sociolinguistics; Language repertoire; Legitimate Language; the English article system; definite article; indefinite article; zero article;

    Abstract : This study is conducted to compare the effect of practicing a multilingual approach to a monolingual approach in teaching the English article system for students with multilingual backgrounds. Through a structured experiment in light of sociolinguistic and second language acquisition theories, two different discourses (complexes of signs and practices that organize social existence and social reproduction) structuring different legitimate languages are implemented in each respective approach. READ MORE