sequential bilingualism in remote aboriginal communities in australia

[Tom Roeper]

Dear Larry---
    I am interested in your research and would like to know the
details.   I work primarily in L1, but will become involved with
people studying aboriginal languages in Brazil.
    Personally, I am not sure that there is any real way to fix
the methodology at an abstract level, other than to collect
as much data as possible in a way that is transparent and
can be reanalyzed.
    But to give you a real opinion, I would need to see the
exact materials you are using.

best, Tom Roeper

On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 10:26 AM, larry <larry.kenny at ntschools.net> wrote:

> This message is a request for advice and guidance regarding sequential
> bilinguals in the unique context of remote Aboriginal communities in
> Australia. I'm a teaching principal in a remote Aboriginal school in
> the Western Desert of Central Australia and a Phd student. I have been
> reading SLA literature, reseach and methodolgies and have some
> questions for the many experts that subscribe to this group.
> I have been given permission from four remote Aboriginal communities
> and from the relevant Government departments to access data collected
> from these four communities. I have passed the relevant CoC and HREC
> processes of my university and now truly embark on my Phd project
>
> This data tracks the developing English usage of 30 six year old
> children over 10 months.
> The collection method involved digital video recordings, and
> subsequent transcription.
>
> After much reading i have some concerns regarding the data collection
> methods from an SLA perspective and I'd like to ask for advice and
> guidance.
>
> The elicitation task was a set of four sequenced pictures that
> depicted a culturally relevant event.
> The elicitation task was designed with the same two broad open ended
> question for each of the four pictures
> The introduction to the elicitation task for the children was
> conducted in both languages.
> The elicitation task itself was conducted in English
>
> Does anyone see any problems yet?
>
> I am anticipating that the data can be analysed using CHILDES CLAN.
> I'd like to use the data to see if any patterns or profiles emerge in
> the acquisition of English by these particular children.
>
> I realise that this is a brief overview and would be happy to provide
> more details if required
>
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UMass South College
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