Vocabulary development in early language education

H Sun, B Yin - Handbook of early language education, 2022 - Springer
Building lexical knowledge is one of the most fundamental developments in early childhood;
as such development is associated with children's later academic achievement and other …

The impact of mother tongue instruction on the development of biliteracy: Evidence from Somali–Swedish bilinguals

N Ganuza, C Hedman - Applied Linguistics, 2019 - academic.oup.com
This study investigates if participation in mother tongue instruction (henceforth MTI) impacts
the biliteracy proficiency of young bilinguals, drawing on examples from Somali–Swedish …

Current methods of evaluating the language abilities of multilingual preschoolers: A scoping review using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and …

R Wright Karem, KN Washington, K Crowe… - Language, speech, and …, 2019 - ASHA
Purpose The purpose of this scoping review was to identify current measures used to
evaluate the language abilities of multilingual preschoolers within the framework of the …

Motion and sound in animated storybooks for preschoolers' visual attention and mandarin language learning: An eye-tracking study with bilingual children

H Sun, J Loh, A Charles Roberts - AERA open, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
This study examined the role of the “animated eBook advantage” in child bilingual's
Mandarin learning, which has tended to be examined in the acquisition of Germanic …

Heritage language classes and bilingual competence: The case of Albanian immigrant children in Greece

M Mattheoudakis, A Chatzidaki… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The present paper reports on a questionnaire survey conducted in the course of a broader
research project on bilingualism (BALED). It compares two groups of Albanian immigrant …

Modersmålsundervisning, läsförståelse och betyg: –modersmålsundervisningens roll för elevers skolresultat

N Ganuza, C Hedman - Nordand, 2018 - idunn.no
Denna studie undersöker relationen mellan modersmålsundervisning, elevers läsförståelse
och deras skolresultat. Studien utgår från en tidigare undersökning som visade att …

The impact of the First Language First model on vocabulary development among preschool bilingual children

M Schwartz - Reading and writing, 2014 - Springer
The aim of this exploratory study was to examine the role of the First Language First model
for preschool bilingual education in the development of vocabulary depth. The languages …

Vocabulary size and speed of word recognition in very young French–English bilinguals: A longitudinal study

J Legacy, P Zesiger, M Friend… - Bilingualism: Language …, 2018 - cambridge.org
A longitudinal study of lexical development in very young French–English bilinguals is
reported. The Computerized Comprehension Test (CCT) was used to directly assess …

Songs vs. stories: Impact of input sources on ESL vocabulary acquisition by preliterate children

J Leśniewska, F Pichette - International Journal of Bilingual …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Research in second language acquisition has paid little attention to preliterate children
learning a language which is absent from their environment outside the language class. This …

Effects of immigrant background on text comprehension, vocabulary, and reading motivation: A longitudinal study

RM Kigel, N McElvany, M Becker - Learning and Instruction, 2015 - Elsevier
The purpose of this paper is to examine disparities in important components of reading
acquisition in the context of migration. Previous empirical studies showed significant …