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Ke, Sihui; Zhang, Dongbo – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2021
This scoping review explores the causal relationship between morphological instruction and reading development in young L2 learners by synthesizing 12 primary studies published between 2004 and 2019 (N = 1,535). These studies focused on reading English as the target language and involved participants between kindergarten and Grade 12 from four…
Descriptors: Morphology (Languages), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Zhang, Lei; Yan, Rong – International Education, 2012
The purpose of this paper is to examine the impacts of an early partial immersion program as compared to a non-immersion program on English sociopragmatic awareness among Chinese kindergarten children six years of age. Of the 128 children who participated in the experiment involving the use of politeness perception tasks, half received three years…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Immersion Programs, Speech Acts, Comparative Analysis
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Marinova-Todd, Stefka H.; Zhao, Jing; Bernhardt, May – Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 2010
A number of studies have shown that bilingual children have an advantage when performing on phonological awareness tasks, particularly in their stronger language. Little research has been done to date, examining the effects of bilingualism on both languages of bilingual children. In this study Mandarin-English bilingual children's performance on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Phonological Awareness, Monolingualism, Mandarin Chinese