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Park, Jisu; Han, Yoonsun – Child Development, 2023
This study identified changes in Korean and heritage language proficiencies across five waves (2011-2015) and examined the association between linguistic acculturation trajectories and adjustment (2016) among Korean adolescents with immigrant family backgrounds (N = 1441; 51.21% female; M[subscript age(baseline)] = 9.97). All adolescents were from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Korean, Language Proficiency, Native Language
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Sun, Xin; Zhang, Kehui; Marks, Rebecca A.; Nickerson, Nia; Eggleston, Rachel L.; Yu, Chi-Lin; Chou, Tai-Li; Tardif, Twila; Kovelman, Ioulia – Child Development, 2022
This study investigates the cross-linguistic transfer of literacy skills in Spanish-English, Chinese-English bilingual, and English monolingual children (N = 283, 5-10 years). Research question 1 examines English literacy and asks how phonological and morpho-semantic skills contribute to word reading as a function of children's language…
Descriptors: Literacy, Reading Skills, Bilingualism, Transfer of Training
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Hoff, Erika; Tulloch, Michelle K.; Core, Cynthia – Child Development, 2021
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…
Descriptors: Language Minorities, Language Proficiency, Bilingualism, Second Language Learning