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Peer reviewedBialystok, Ellen; Majumder, Shilpi; Martin, Michelle M. – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2003
Three studies that examine the development of phonological awareness in monolingual and bilingual children K-2. In the first study, monolingual and bilingual children performed equally well on a complex task requiring phoneme substitution. The second replicated these results and demonstrated a significant role for the language of literacy…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Elementary School Students, Language of Instruction, Monolingualism
Direct linkBialystok, Ellen; Luk, Gigi; Kwan, Ernest – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2005
Four groups of children in first grade were compared on early literacy tasks. Children in three of the groups were bilingual, each group representing a different combination of language and writing system, and children in the fourth group were monolingual speakers of English. All the bilingual children used both languages daily and were learning…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Written Language, Phonemes, Reading Skills
