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Sun, He; Ng, Ee Lynn – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2021
The current study explored the home and school factors that are important for Singaporean pre-schoolers' (N = 1440) early English development from K1 to P1. Language input quantity and quality factors at home (e.g., number of English books,) and at school (e.g., instructional support in class) were used to predict children's English vocabulary and…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Educational Environment, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Shing, Richard Wong Kwok; Perry, Conrad; MacWhinney, Brian; Oi-ling, Irene Wong – Early Child Development and Care, 2013
There is little consensus among different early childhood education stakeholders in Hong Kong on whether it is beneficial or detrimental for children to receive an English bilingual education before the age of 6. This longitudinal study investigated the issue of potential "detrimental effects of learning English" on Hong Kong…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Receptive Language, Vocabulary, Kindergarten