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Home Literacy Environment and English Language and Literacy Skills among Chinese Young Children Who Learn English as a Second Language

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Yeung, Susanna S.; King, Ronnel B. – Reading Psychology, 2016

The present study explored the home literacy environment for Chinese ESL kindergarteners and examined the relationships between home literacy practices and language and literacy skills. Ninety Hong Kong Chinese ESL kindergarteners were assessed for English vocabulary, phonological awareness, letter knowledge and word reading. Their parents…

Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Expressive Language, Prediction

A Comparison between Verbal Working Memory and Vocabulary in Bilingual and Monolingual South African School Beginners: Implications for Bilingual Language Assessment

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Cockcroft, Kate – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2016

This study compared bilingual and monolingual school beginners on measures of simple and complex verbal working memory and receptive and expressive vocabulary. The aim was to determine whether the tests of working memory are fairer measures of language ability than the vocabulary tests for bilingual children when tested in their second language.…

Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Receptive Language, Expressive Language, Verbal Communication