Fundamentals of assessment of dominance

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titleFundamentals of assessment of dominance
start_date2015/06/11
schedule16h-18h
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location_info3e étage
detailsLanguage Dominance in Bilingualism - Chaire Internationale du Labex – Empirical Foundations of Linguistics, 2015
summaryDimension-based vs. domain-based indices of dominance • Subtraction-based vs. ratio-based indices of dominance • Global assessments of dominance: Bilingual Language Profile vs. Bilingual Dominance Scale • Discrete assessments of dominance: A Quick Test of Cognitive Speed vs. Boston Naming Test • Language dominance and handedness: comparing constructs, assessments, and findings • Ambidexterity and mixed handedness vs. balanced bilingualism • Putting dominance indices to use: to identify ‘balanced bilinguals’; as participant factors in group designs and regression • Future directions in dominance assessment Where appropriate, these topics are illustrated with examples from French or English. Participants in the Labex EFL seminars can expect to come away with an enriched empirical and theoretical understanding of bilingual dominance, along with a sense of the centrality of dominance in current bilingualism research.
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