Publications

Publication details [#56436]

Leung, Alex Ho. 2012. Bad influence? – an investigation into the purported negative influence of foreign domestic helpers on children's second language English acquisition. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 33 (2) : 133–148.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

family conversation | influencing | language proficiency | language variety | second language acquisition

Language as a subject

English

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

Exploring Hong Kong Cantonese children's listening ability in L2 English, this study rejects the anecdotal belief on the harmful impact of foreign domestic helpers on child L2 acquisition.