Journal |
Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie occidentale
Journal issue | 51 | 2017
Research Article | Explicit Teaching of Syntactic Movement in Passive Sentences and Relative Clauses
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 - email orcid profile
- Giulia Bozzolan - Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia - email
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.
Submitted: March 13, 2017 | Accepted: April 19, 2017 | Published Sept. 28, 2017 | Language: en
Keywords Explicit syntactic teaching • Bilingualism • Passive sentences • Relative clauses
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dc.title |
Explicit Teaching of Syntactic Movement in Passive Sentences and Relative Clauses. The Case of a Romanian/Italian Sequential Bilingual Child |
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Bozzolan Giulia |
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dc.contributor.author |
Volpato Francesca |
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Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing |
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Research Article |
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en |
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http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/annali-di-ca-foscari-serie-occidentale/2017/1/explicit-teaching-of-syntactic-movement-in-passive/ |
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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. |
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Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie occidentale |
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Vol. 51 | September 2017 |
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dc.issued |
2017-09-28 |
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dc.dateAccepted |
2017-04-19 |
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dc.dateSubmitted |
2017-03-13 |
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dc.identifier.eissn |
2499-1562 |
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dc.rights |
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
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dc.identifier.doi |
10.14277/2499-1562/AnnOc-51-17-18 |
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yes |
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dc.subject |
Bilingualism |
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dc.subject |
Bilingualism |
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dc.subject |
Explicit syntactic teaching |
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dc.subject |
Explicit syntactic teaching |
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dc.subject |
Passive sentences |
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dc.subject |
Passive sentences |
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dc.subject |
Relative clauses |
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dc.subject |
Relative clauses |
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