TY - JOUR AU - Manterola, Ibon AU - Almgren, Margareta PY - 2018/09/20 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Some features of the development of Basque L2 in a context of revitalisation through school immersion JF - Swiss Journal of Educational Research JA - SJER VL - 37 IS - 1 SE - Thematic contribution DO - 10.24452/sjer.37.1.4942 UR - https://sjer.ch/article/view/4942 SP - 39-56 AB - <p><span style="caret-color: #444444; color: #444444; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration: none; display: inline !important; float: none;">This investigation aims at identifying some features of the development of Basque L2 in a context of language revitalization through school immersion. The study is based on the analysis of oral story retelling in Basque by the same Spanish L1 students at ages 5 and 8. These students live in a Spanish-speaking environment but attend an immersion school program in Basque. These data are compared with those of another group of Basque L1 students living in a Basque-speaking environment and being schooled in Basque. The analysis of diverse aspects of the stories suggests that schooling in Basque through immersion fosters the development of Basque in a context of language revitalization. The analysis also permits to identify some specific features of Basque L2 different from Basque L1.</span></p> ER -