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Age of Bilingual Exposure Is Related to the Contribution of Phonological and Semantic Knowledge to Successful Reading Development

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Jasinska, Kaja K.; Petitto, Laura-Ann – Child Development, 2018

Bilingual children's reading as a function of age of first bilingual language exposure (AoE) was examined. Bilingual (varied AoE) and monolingual children (N = 421) were compared in their English language and reading abilities (6-10 years) using phonological awareness, semantic knowledge, and reading tasks. Structural equation modeling was applied…

Descriptors: Bilingualism, Semantics, Reading Skills, Phonological Awareness

Immigrant Differences in School-Age Children's Verbal Trajectories: A Look at Four Racial/Ethnic Groups

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Leventhal, Tama; Xue, Yange; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne – Child Development, 2006

This study explored inter- and intraindividual immigrant group differences in children's English verbal ability over ages 6-16 in 4 racial/ethnic groups--White Americans, Black Americans, Mexican Americans, and Puerto Ricans (N=2,136). Although all children's mean verbal scores increased with age, immigrant children (except for Black Americans)…

Descriptors: Immigrants, Verbal Ability, English (Second Language), Mexican Americans