Children Acquiring a Second Language
This study considers the different ways in which English has featured in the lives of urban Malaysian children throw some light on several factors or situations which exist in urban Malaysia. The paper reveals that most pre-school urban children are already able to handle a second language besides...
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Universiti Malaya
2017-07-01
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This study considers the different ways in which English has featured in the lives of urban Malaysian children throw some light on several factors or situations which exist in urban Malaysia. The paper reveals that most pre-school urban children are already able to handle a second language besides their mother tongue before they begin formal language lessons at school.
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| spelling | doaj-art-f036a8b28d914f09b4e07ffa8bb15afc2024-11-21T04:47:41ZengUniversiti MalayaJournal of Modern Languages1675-526X2462-19862017-07-0121Children Acquiring a Second LanguageAudrey Ambrose Yeoh0University of Malaya, Malaysia This study considers the different ways in which English has featured in the lives of urban Malaysian children throw some light on several factors or situations which exist in urban Malaysia. The paper reveals that most pre-school urban children are already able to handle a second language besides their mother tongue before they begin formal language lessons at school. https://sare.um.edu.my/index.php/JML/article/view/3959Children second language acquisition; pre-school Malaysian children; SLA |
| spellingShingle | Audrey Ambrose Yeoh Children Acquiring a Second Language Journal of Modern Languages Children second language acquisition; pre-school Malaysian children; SLA |
| title | Children Acquiring a Second Language |
| title_full | Children Acquiring a Second Language |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Children Acquiring a Second Language |
| title_short | Children Acquiring a Second Language |
| title_sort | children acquiring a second language |
| topic | Children second language acquisition; pre-school Malaysian children; SLA |
| url | https://sare.um.edu.my/index.php/JML/article/view/3959 |
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