The Role of Home and School Factors in Predicting English Vocabulary among Bilingual Kindergarten Children in Singapore

Autor/in	Dixon, L. Quentin
Titel	The Role of Home and School Factors in Predicting English Vocabulary among Bilingual Kindergarten Children in Singapore
Quelle	In: Applied Psycholinguistics, 32 (2011) 1, S.141-168 (28 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0142-7164
DOI	10.1017/S0142716410000329
Schlagwörter	Mothers; Family Income; Reading Achievement; Vocabulary; Multilingualism; Monolingualism; Foreign Countries; Kindergarten; Mandarin Chinese; Vocabulary Development; Family Environment; Educational Environment; Bilingualism; Role; Prediction; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Measures (Individuals); Educational Attainment; Indonesian; Dravidian Languages; Singapore; Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mother; Mutter; Familieneinkommen; Leseleistung; Wortschatz; Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Ausland; Wortschatzarbeit; Familienmilieu; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Bilingualismus; Rollen; Vorhersage; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Messdaten; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Singapur
Abstract	Research in monolingual populations indicate that vocabulary knowledge is essential to reading achievement, but how vocabulary develops in bilingual children has been understudied. The current study investigated the role of home and school factors in predicting English vocabulary among 284 bilingual kindergartners (168 Chinese, 65 Malay, 51 Indian) in the multilingual context of Singapore. The Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test--Third Edition was administered in English and in translations into Mandarin, Malay, and Tamil. Home factors including caretaker language, television language, and mother tongue vocabulary were found to be significant predictors of English vocabulary, controlling for mother's years of education and family income. The curriculum emphasis of the kindergarten center was also found to be a significant predictor of English vocabulary. (Contains 7 tables, 1 figure, and 5 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10