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Lam, Boji Pak-Wing; Sheng, Li – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2016
Purpose: Current understanding about the effect of first language (L1) background on morphological awareness (MA) development in those who are bilingual is largely limited to school-aged second-language learners. This study examined the development of MA in bilingual Mandarin-English (ManEngBi) and Spanish-English (SpaEngBi) children ages 4 to 7…
Descriptors: Morphology (Languages), Bilingual Students, Second Language Learning, Young Children
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Yow, W. Quin – Journal of Child Language, 2015
Young children typically do not use order-of-mention to resolve ambiguous pronouns, but may do so if given additional cues, such as gestures. Additionally, this ability to utilize gestures may be enhanced in bilingual children, who may be more sensitive to such cues due to their unique language experience. We asked monolingual and bilingual…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Monolingualism, Bilingual Students, Adults