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ERIC Number: EJ1355991
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022-Dec
Pages: 28
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0272-2631
EISSN: EISSN-1470-1545
Language Experience and Bilingual Children's Heritage Language Learning
Sun, He; Waschl, Nicolette; Veera, Roodra
Studies in Second Language Acquisition, v44 n5 p1356-1383 Dec 2022
Both language input and output are important to child language learners' heritage language development. Nevertheless, existing studies mainly focus on language input, leaving the significance of language output underexplored. The current study assessed 201 kindergarteners' Mandarin skills (i.e., receptive vocabulary, receptive grammar, and verbal fluency) in Singapore, and investigated the influence of children's Mandarin experience, and specifically output, on these Mandarin skills. The results based on multilevel models reveal that children's Mandarin experience plays a crucial role in the three Mandarin skills, after controlling for children's gender, language aptitude, and English proficiency. Specifically, children's onset age of Mandarin speaking and the number of places where they used Mandarin alone significantly predict all the Mandarin skills.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Kindergarten; Primary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Singapore
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