Dear Larry---<br> I am interested in your research and would like to know the<br>details. I work primarily in L1, but will become involved with<br>people studying aboriginal languages in Brazil.<br> Personally, I am not sure that there is any real way to fix<br>
the methodology at an abstract level, other than to collect<br>as much data as possible in a way that is transparent and<br>can be reanalyzed.<br> But to give you a real opinion, I would need to see the <br>exact materials you are using.<br>
<br>best, Tom Roeper<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 10:26 AM, larry <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:larry.kenny@ntschools.net">larry.kenny@ntschools.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
This message is a request for advice and guidance regarding sequential<br>
bilinguals in the unique context of remote Aboriginal communities in<br>
Australia. I'm a teaching principal in a remote Aboriginal school in<br>
the Western Desert of Central Australia and a Phd student. I have been<br>
reading SLA literature, reseach and methodolgies and have some<br>
questions for the many experts that subscribe to this group.<br>
I have been given permission from four remote Aboriginal communities<br>
and from the relevant Government departments to access data collected<br>
from these four communities. I have passed the relevant CoC and HREC<br>
processes of my university and now truly embark on my Phd project<br>
<br>
This data tracks the developing English usage of 30 six year old<br>
children over 10 months.<br>
The collection method involved digital video recordings, and<br>
subsequent transcription.<br>
<br>
After much reading i have some concerns regarding the data collection<br>
methods from an SLA perspective and I'd like to ask for advice and<br>
guidance.<br>
<br>
The elicitation task was a set of four sequenced pictures that<br>
depicted a culturally relevant event.<br>
The elicitation task was designed with the same two broad open ended<br>
question for each of the four pictures<br>
The introduction to the elicitation task for the children was<br>
conducted in both languages.<br>
The elicitation task itself was conducted in English<br>
<br>
Does anyone see any problems yet?<br>
<br>
I am anticipating that the data can be analysed using CHILDES CLAN.<br>
I'd like to use the data to see if any patterns or profiles emerge in<br>
the acquisition of English by these particular children.<br>
<br>
I realise that this is a brief overview and would be happy to provide<br>
more details if required<br>
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