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dc.identifier	ECF_article_1098
dc.title	Explicit Teaching of Syntactic Movement in Passive Sentences and Relative Clauses. The Case of a Romanian/Italian Sequential Bilingual Child
dc.contributor.author	Bozzolan Giulia
dc.contributor.author	Volpato Francesca
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing
dc.type	Research Article
dc.language.iso	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/annali-di-ca-foscari-serie-occidentale/2017/1/explicit-teaching-of-syntactic-movement-in-passive/
dc.description.abstract	This study presents a language learning approach involving the explicit teaching of syntactic movement to a sequential bilingual (Romanian-Italian) child aged 7;4, who was exposed to Italian at the age of 3. The child was assessed on her general skills in Italian and on production and comprehension of relative clauses (RCs) and passive sentences (PSs). Her performance was assessed before and after the teaching period. At the first administration, she had low results in all tests compared to monolingual Italian children. After the period of explicit teaching, improvement was observed especially in PSs. In the use of RCs, improvement was less evident, especially in production, but it is worth noticing that metalinguistic awareness was developed.
dc.relation.ispartof	Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie occidentale
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol. 51 \| September 2017
dc.issued	2017-09-28
dc.dateAccepted	2017-04-19
dc.dateSubmitted	2017-03-13
dc.identifier.issn
dc.identifier.eissn	2499-1562
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.identifier.doi	10.14277/2499-1562/AnnOc-51-17-18
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Bilingualism
dc.subject	Bilingualism
dc.subject	Explicit syntactic teaching
dc.subject	Explicit syntactic teaching
dc.subject	Passive sentences
dc.subject	Passive sentences
dc.subject	Relative clauses
dc.subject	Relative clauses

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Explicit Teaching of Syntactic Movement in Passive Sentences and Relative Clauses

The Case of a Romanian/Italian Sequential Bilingual Child

Francesca Volpato Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia

Giulia Bozzolan Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia

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abstract

This study presents a language learning approach involving the explicit teaching of syntactic movement to a sequential bilingual (Romanian-Italian) child aged 7;4, who was exposed to Italian at the age of 3. The child was assessed on her general skills in Italian and on production and comprehension of relative clauses (RCs) and passive sentences (PSs). Her performance was assessed before and after the teaching period. At the first administration, she had low results in all tests compared to monolingual Italian children. After the period of explicit teaching, improvement was observed especially in PSs. In the use of RCs, improvement was less evident, especially in production, but it is worth noticing that metalinguistic awareness was developed.

Published

Sept. 28, 2017

Accepted

April 19, 2017

Submitted

March 13, 2017

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Keywords: Bilingualism • Explicit syntactic teaching • Relative clauses • Passive sentences

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