Exercise 2. Scanning an article (max. 20 min.

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Scan the following article and answer the questions. Please time yourselves.

López, Belén G. 2020. Incorporating language brokering experiences into bilingualism

research: An examination of informal translation practices. Language and Linguist
Compass 14(1): 1-19. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/338624885

Time:

1. What kind of children have experience as language brokers?

2. What the languages of these children and in which contexts do they practice
informal translation?
3. What are some of the specific characteristics of language brokering?
4. According to the author what are the specific implications of language
brokering on the children and on the families?
5. How can these implications be incorporated to bilingualism research?

Exercise 3. Grasping the key concepts of an article using IA

Check and compare the answers to the questions in exercises 1&2 using Scispace. Please
time yourselves.

Exercise 4. Finding Library sources

1. Look for the following articles and download them.
Brown, A., & Gullberg, M. (2008). Bidirectional crosslinguistic influence in L1-L2 encoding of
manner in speech and gesture: A study of Japanese speakers of English. Studies in
Second Language Acquisition, 30(2), 225-251.
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0272263108080327
Wang, D., Wang, S., Zinszer, B., Sheng, L., & Jasińska, K. (2022). Cross-linguistic influences of
L1 on L2 morphosyntactic processing: An fNIRS study. Journal of Neurolinguistics,
63(January), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneuroling.2022.101063
Yang, C., & Montrul, S. (2017). Learning datives: The Tolerance Principle in monolingual and
bilingual acquisition. Second Language Research, 33(1), 119-144.
https://doi.org/10.1177/0267658316673686
 2. Look at the mind map that your group has created in unit 1, identify your
research topic for the group project and look for sources related to it.
Tips: Determine where to start searching.
a. What sort of information do you want to seek? An overview of the
topic, current events or previous research?
b. Where can you find this information? The UVa Library, alternative
databases, search engine?

Your research topic:

Main concepts:

List the first five sources that appear in your research below.