| Presentation | 2008-08-08 The Development of Metalinguistic Awareness in Japanese Children : Effects of Early English Education Natsuko KATSURA, Masatoshi KOIZUMI, Takuya GOURO, Shin-ichi TAMURA, Noriaki YUSA, Hiroko HAGIWARA, |
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| Abstract(in English) | In this study, we investigated the development of metalinguistic awareness in young children and the effect of early exposure to a non-native language. We carried out two kinds of experiments to assess metalinguistic awareness of three groups of Japanese children of the second year in their kindergarten with different levels of exposure to English and compared the results to the results of their own first year's. The results revealed significant differences between the groups: children with larger amount of exposure to English showed a higher level of metalinguistic awareness. |
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| Keyword(in English) | Metalinguistic awareness / exposure to a nonnative language / early foreign language exposure / longitudinal study |
| Paper # | TL2008-26 |
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| Conference Date | 2008/8/1(1days) |
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| Language | ENG |
| Title (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
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| Title (in English) | The Development of Metalinguistic Awareness in Japanese Children : Effects of Early English Education |
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| Keyword(1) | Metalinguistic awareness |
| Keyword(2) | exposure to a nonnative language |
| Keyword(3) | early foreign language exposure |
| Keyword(4) | longitudinal study |
| 1st Author's Name | Natsuko KATSURA |
| 1st Author's Affiliation | Department of Linguistics, Tohoku University:Japan Science and Technology Agency (Research Institute of Science and Technology for Society)() |
| 2nd Author's Name | Masatoshi KOIZUMI |
| 2nd Author's Affiliation | Department of Linguistics, Tohoku University:Japan Science and Technology Agency (Research Institute of Science and Technology for Society) |
| 3rd Author's Name | Takuya GOURO |
| 3rd Author's Affiliation | Faculty of Humane Studies, Ibaraki University:Japan Science and Technology Agency (Research Institute of Science and Technology for Society) |
| 4th Author's Name | Shin-ichi TAMURA |
| 4th Author's Affiliation | Department of English Linguistics, Tohoku University:Japan Science and Technology Agency (Research Institute of Science and Technology for Society) |
| 5th Author's Name | Noriaki YUSA |
| 5th Author's Affiliation | Faculty of English Literature, Miyagi Gakuin Women's University:Japan Science and Technology Agency (Research Institute of Science and Technology for Society) |
| 6th Author's Name | Hiroko HAGIWARA |
| 6th Author's Affiliation | Department of English Literature, Tokyo Metropolitan University:Japan Science and Technology Agency (Research Institute of Science and Technology for Society) |
| Date | 2008-08-08 |
| Paper # | TL2008-26 |
| Volume (vol) | vol.108 |
| Number (no) | 184 |
| Page | pp.pp.- |
| #Pages | 3 |
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