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Farnia, Fataneh; Geva, Esther – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2011
This study modeled vocabulary trajectories in 91 English language learners (ELLs) with Punjabi, Tamil, or Portuguese home languages, and 50 English monolinguals (EL1) from Grades 1 to 6. The concurrent and longitudinal relationships between phonological awareness and phonological short-term memory and vocabulary were examined. ELLs underperformed…
Descriptors: Phonological Awareness, Second Language Learning, Short Term Memory, English (Second Language)
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Dixon, L. Quentin – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2011
Research in monolingual populations indicate that vocabulary knowledge is essential to reading achievement, but how vocabulary develops in bilingual children has been understudied. The current study investigated the role of home and school factors in predicting English vocabulary among 284 bilingual kindergartners (168 Chinese, 65 Malay, 51…
Descriptors: Mothers, Family Income, Reading Achievement, Vocabulary