Executive Functions in Two-Way Dual-Language Education: A Mechanism for Academic Performance

Autor/in	Esposito, Alena G.
Titel	Executive Functions in Two-Way Dual-Language Education: A Mechanism for Academic Performance
Quelle	In: Bilingual Research Journal, 43 (2020) 4, S.417-432 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
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Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1523-5882
DOI	10.1080/15235882.2021.1874570
Schlagwörter	Executive Function; Bilingual Education; Language Fluency; Educational Benefits; Rural Education; Low Income Students; Elementary School Students; Academic Achievement; Intelligence Tests; Spanish; Scores; English Language Learners; Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bilingual teaching; Bilingualer Unterricht; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Bildungsertrag; Ländliche Erwachsenenbildung; Schulleistung; Intelligence test; Intelligenztest; Spanisch
Abstract	Children across the United States are increasingly learning academic content through two-way dual-language education (http://www.cal.org/twi/). This education model provides instruction through two languages in classrooms comprised of approximately equal numbers of native and non-native English speakers. For both language groups, this educational model is an effective approach for achieving second-language fluency (García & Náñez, 2011; Lindholm-Leary & Genesee, 2014). Importantly, both native and non-native English speakers in dual-language education programs perform as well or better academically than their peers in mainstream English classrooms (e.g., Marian, Shook, & Schroeder, 2013; Steele et al., 2017). However, the mechanisms that explain this academic advantage remain to be understood. We examined the possibility that enhanced executive functions through second-language exposure underlie the academic benefits of dual-language education in a rural, low-income, sample of elementary school students. Dual-language education and participating school system. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01