Age of First Bilingual Language Exposure as a New Window into Bilingual Reading Development

Autor/inn/en	Kovelman, Ioulia; Baker, Stephanie A.; Petitto, Laura-Ann
Titel	Age of First Bilingual Language Exposure as a New Window into Bilingual Reading Development
Quelle	In: Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 11 (2008) 2, S.203-223 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1366-7289
DOI	10.1017/S1366728908003386
Schlagwörter	Reading Difficulties; Speech Communication; Bilingual Schools; Phonological Awareness; Monolingualism; Language Acquisition; Bilingualism; Children; English (Second Language); Second Language Instruction; Second Language Learning; Measures (Individuals); Comparative Analysis; Socioeconomic Background; Socioeconomic Influences; Literacy; Reading Skills; Skill Development + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Reading difficulty; Leseschwierigkeit; Bilingual scholl; Bilinguale Schule; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Bilingualismus; Child; Kind; Kinder; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Messdaten; Sozioökonomische Lage; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Reading skill; Lesefertigkeit; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung
Abstract	How does age of first bilingual language exposure affect reading development in children learning to read in both of their languages? Is there a reading advantage for monolingual English children who are educated in bilingual schools? We studied children (grades 2-3, ages 7-9) in "bilingual" Spanish-English schools who were either from Spanish-speaking homes (new to English) or English-speaking homes (new to Spanish), as compared with English-speaking children in "monolingual" English schools. An early age of first bilingual language exposure had a positive effect on reading, phonological awareness, and language competence in both languages: early bilinguals (age of first exposure 0-3 years) outperformed other bilingual groups (age of first exposure 3-6 years). Remarkably, schooling in two languages afforded children from "monolingual" English homes an "advantage" in phoneme awareness skills. Early bilingual exposure is best for dual language reading development, and it may afford such a powerful positive impact on reading and language development that it may possibly ameliorate the negative effect of low SES on literacy. Further, "age of first bilingual exposure" provides a new "tool" for evaluating whether a young bilingual has a reading problem versus whether he or she is a typically-developing dual-language learner. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10