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Addressing the rights of Roma children for a language assessment in their native language of Romani. |
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Hristo Kyuchukov - Free University of Berlin
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Jill de Villiers - Smith College
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2014 |
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| - Assessment |
| - Language Acquisition |
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Language assessment for Romani-speaking children is addressed by a new test that shows promise for reflecting language skills in 3 to 6- year-old Roma children in Bulgaria. Roma are often tested only in the majority language of their country and all too often represented in special education, so it is vital to develop materials for testing Romani. 30 Roma children were tested by a native speaker on 9 subtests containing 80 items relevant to Romani grammar, with attention not only to the products of learning but also to whether the children could learn new words from syntactic bootstrapping. The tests were of both elicited production and comprehension, and tapped some unique properties of Romani morphology and grammar. 7 of the 9 subtests reveal significant age growth, and show great promise for establishing norms for Roma children in their native language. By 5, children reached 80% mastery on most tests. The research was self-funded. |
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