Dual-Language Education for Low-Income Children: Preliminary Evidence of Benefits for Executive Function

Autor/inn/en	Esposito, Alena G.; Baker-Ward, Lynne
Titel	Dual-Language Education for Low-Income Children: Preliminary Evidence of Benefits for Executive Function
Quelle	In: Bilingual Research Journal, 36 (2013) 3, S.295-310 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1523-5882
DOI	10.1080/15235882.2013.837848
Schlagwörter	Bilingual Education; Low Income; Executive Function; Elementary School Students; Ethnicity; Socioeconomic Status; Generalization; Educational Benefits; Second Language Learning; Immersion Programs; Rural Areas; Task Analysis; Performance; Inhibition; Second Language Instruction; English (Second Language); Language Minorities; Kindergarten; Grade 2; Grade 4; Statistical Analysis; North Carolina; Trail Making Test + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bilingual teaching; Bilingualer Unterricht; Niedriglohn; Ethnizität; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Bildungsertrag; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Immersionsprogramm; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Aufgabenanalyse; Achievement; Leistung; Hemmung; Fremdsprachenunterricht; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Sprachminderheit; School year 02; 2. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 02; School year 04; 4. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 04; Statistische Analyse
Abstract	This investigation is an initial examination of possible enhancement of executive function through a dual-language (50:50) education model. The ethnically diverse, low-income sample of 120 children from Grades K, 2, and 4 consisted of approximately equal numbers of children enrolled in dual-language and traditional classrooms. Dual-language students in Grades 2 and 4 performed better on a measure from the Trail Making Task requiring inhibition and rule-switching. The results indicate that the established benefits of bilingual exposure can be generalized across SES and ethnicity and can be acquired within the context of elementary school programs. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10