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Sun, He; Low, Jiamin; Chua, Ivy – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2023
'Should I talk to my child in a language that I am not good at?' This question reveals the dilemma that many bilingual parents are facing. In the current study, 301 English-Mandarin bilinguals' mothers in Singapore self-evaluated their Mandarin proficiency and we assessed the 4-5 years old children's Mandarin receptive vocabulary and grammar. We…
Descriptors: Mothers, Native Language, Vocabulary Development, Grammar
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Miller, Margaret K.; Calandruccio, Lauren; Buss, Emily; McCreery, Ryan W.; Oleson, Jacob; Rodriguez, Barbara; Leibold, Lori J. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2019
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to compare masked English speech recognition thresholds between Spanish-English bilingual and English monolingual children and to evaluate effects of age, maternal education, and English receptive language abilities on individual differences in masked speech recognition. Method: Forty-three Spanish-English…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Monolingualism, Spanish, English (Second Language)
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De Anda, Stephanie; Ellis, Erica M.; Mejia, Nayelli C. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2022
Purpose: This article aims to describe how exemplar variability can manipulate the word learning environment to maximize within- and cross-language generalization in Spanish--English bilinguals. Furthermore, we examined sources of individual variability that predicted word learning. Method: Nineteen Spanish--English bilingual children participated…
Descriptors: Generalization, Bilingualism, Second Language Learning, Language Acquisition
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Palacios, Natalia; Kibler, Amanda K.; Simpson Baird, Ashley – Early Child Development and Care, 2017
We utilize a within-group framework to understand the association between childcare type and the language-use and vocabulary of second-generation Latino immigrant children. The sample was drawn from a study of a suburban/rural immigrant community to study the role of home experiences on the early language and literacy of young Latino preschoolers…
Descriptors: Child Care, Language Usage, Second Language Learning, Immigrants
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Mendive, Susana; Lissi, María Rosa; Bakeman, Roger; Reyes, Adriana – Early Education and Development, 2017
Research Findings: To extend findings that are mainly based on North American studies with English speakers, we studied 989 Chilean mothers from households of low socioeconomic status and their prekindergarten children, posing 2 questions: (a) Do mothers' self-reported practices about literacy development predict early literacy outcomes over and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mothers, Low Income, Parent Child Relationship
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Prevoo, Mariëlle J. L.; Malda, Maike; Mesman, Judi; Emmen, Rosanneke A. G.; Yeniad, Nihal; Van Ijzendoorn, Marinus; Linting, Mariëlle – Journal of Child Language, 2014
When bilingual children enter formal reading education, host language proficiency becomes increasingly important. This study investigated the relation between socioeconomic status (SES), maternal language use, reading input, and vocabulary in a sample of 111 six-year-old children of first- and second-generation Turkish immigrant parents in the…
Descriptors: Ethnic Groups, Minority Groups, Socioeconomic Status, Child Language