ERIC Number: EJ1363705
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 17
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ISSN: ISSN-1367-0050
EISSN: EISSN-1747-7522
Evidence for the Interdependence Hypothesis: A Longitudinal Study of Biliteracy Development in a CLIL/Bilingual Setting
Granados, Adrián; Lorenzo-Espejo, Antonio; Lorenzo, Francisco
International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, v25 n8 p3005-3021 2022
However influential the interdependence hypothesis has become in bilingual research, it still lacks full empirical support. This longitudinal study explores the parallels in the biliteracy development (L1 Spanish and L2 English) of 20 students in a European immersion programme (i.e. CLIL) over a two-year period. A bilingual learner corpus of history narratives, based on history curriculum content, was collected during ninth and tenth grade. These essays were processed with MultiAzterTest, a state-of-the-art language analysis tool, and a Pearson correlation analysis was conducted to determine if any dimensions evolved in unison in both languages. The results show that some dimensions -- length measures, nominalisation, subordination and lexical development -- evolve in a similar fashion, thus supporting the interdependence and the common underlying proficiency hypotheses. Additionally, the results of a mixed-model analysis confirm that the fixed effect of time and language on such progress is significant, unlike the random effects introduced by the students.
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Literacy, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Native Language, Spanish, English (Second Language), Longitudinal Studies, Grade 9, Grade 10, Computational Linguistics, History Instruction, Immersion Programs, Content and Language Integrated Learning, Correlation, Computer Software, Language Proficiency, Linguistic Theory, Essay Tests, Foreign Countries, Readability, Readability Formulas, Syntax, Semantics, Connected Discourse, Writing Evaluation, Word Frequency
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 9; High Schools; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education; Grade 10
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Spain
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Flesch Kincaid Grade Level Formula
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