Profiles of Minority-Majority Language Proficiency in 5-Year-Olds.

Autor: Hoff E; Florida Atlantic University., Tulloch MK; Florida Atlantic University., Core C; The George Washington University.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Child development [Child Dev] 2021 Sep; Vol. 92 (5), pp. 1801-1816. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 May 27.
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.13591
Abstrakt: Children from language minority homes reach school age with variable dual language skills. Cluster analysis identified four bilingual profiles among 126 U.S.-born, 5-year-old Spanish-English bilinguals. The profiles differed on two dimensions: language balance and total language knowledge. Balance varied primarily as a function of indicators of the relative quantity and the quality of their language exposure (amount of home exposure and maternal education in each language). Total language knowledge varied primarily as a function of indicators of children's language learning ability (phonological memory and nonverbal intelligence). English dominance was more prevalent than balanced bilingualism; there was no Spanish dominant profile, despite average Spanish dominance in home language use. There was no evidence of a tradeoff between English and Spanish skills.
(© 2021 The Authors. Child Development © 2021 Society for Research in Child Development.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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