Iniúchadh ar an gCumas Dátheangach: An sealbhú teanga i measc ghlúin óg na Gaeltachta.
- Submitting institution
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University of the Highlands and Islands
- Unit of assessment
- 26 - Modern Languages and Linguistics
- Output identifier
- 2474652
- Type
- N - Research report for external body
- DOI
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- Commissioning body
- Council for Irish-medium Education
- Month
- November
- Year
- 2015
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Request cross-referral to
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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1
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- -
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- Yes
- English abstract
- The Analysis of Bilingual Competence publication presents an in-depth and multifaceted analysis of the linguistic competence in Irish and English of young students (7–12 years old) whose home language is exclusively Irish. It represents the first comparative bilingual study of its kind in Ireland. The results of the students’ competences are examined in relation to the social indicators of age, gender, academic ability, exposure to television and other technological media, and the proportion of Irish speakers at school. The results indicate a linguistic disadvantage in Irish, compared to competence in English, in the context of the students’ bilingual ability.