This article addresses different ways scholars conceptualize the multilingual repertoire.
Formal and functional approaches investigate crosslinguistic influence across clearly …

The pervasive monolingual bias present within many societies threatens the well-being of
bilingual children and their families. Unfortunately, such bias is present in much …

In this article, we investigate how speakers can be categorised based on their language
background in the field of Learner Corpus Research (LCR). Specifically, we discuss three …

Scholars have long critiqued points of view in which monolingual perspectives are seen as
normative in research on multilingualism. In relation to this monolingual orientation …

The developmental trajectory of monolinguals has often been used as the benchmark
against which the progress of all language learners is assessed and understood, and the …

Abstract In English language teaching (ELT) circles, the English used in the Philippines is
traditionally labelled as ESL. However, that label, including the attitudes and practices that it …

Research suggests that bilingual children experience an extension or delay in the closing of
the sensitive/critical period of language development due to multiple language exposure …

With the knowledge that deaf children benefit from early exposure to signed language,
questions are raised about the role of specific types of language input that are beneficial in …

The study deals with linguistic prejudices of citizens of the two main Russian cities, Moscow
and St. Petersburg, toward speakers of foreign languages. It aims to reveal possible recent …

The notion of “native English speakers” 1 (NES) has been extensively critiqued and
contested in the field of applied linguistics. Studies in World Englishes (WE), English as an …