Mandarin Development Of Indonesian Immigrants’ Children: A Longitudinal Study In Taiwan (springerbriefs In Education)
by Jenny Yi-chun Kuo /
2016 / English / PDF
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This book summarizes the results a three-year longitudinal
project on Mandarin development among children of Indonesian
mothers, the second largest non-Mandarin speaking immigrant group
in Taiwan. These children were acquiring their first language
while interacting primarily with a non-native learner of the
language. The book discusses phonological, lexical and syntactic
development to provide a better understanding of the language
development of the children of immigrants and has important
implications for language education policy and language
acquisition theories.
This book summarizes the results a three-year longitudinal
project on Mandarin development among children of Indonesian
mothers, the second largest non-Mandarin speaking immigrant group
in Taiwan. These children were acquiring their first language
while interacting primarily with a non-native learner of the
language. The book discusses phonological, lexical and syntactic
development to provide a better understanding of the language
development of the children of immigrants and has important
implications for language education policy and language
acquisition theories.
