Emergent Literacy Skills in Bilingual Children: Evidence for the Role of L1 Syntactic Comprehension

Autor/inn/en	Gabriele, Alison; Troseth, Erika; Martohardjono, Gita; Otheguy, Ricardo
Titel	Emergent Literacy Skills in Bilingual Children: Evidence for the Role of L1 Syntactic Comprehension
Quelle	In: International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 12 (2009) 5, S.533-547 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1367-0050
Schlagwörter	Listening Comprehension; Emergent Literacy; Reading Skills; Bilingualism; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Syntax; Role; Language Dominance; Spanish; Language Acquisition; Native Language Instruction; Kindergarten; New York + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hörverständnis; Frühleseunterricht; Reading skill; Lesefertigkeit; Bilingualismus; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Rollen; Sprachliche Dominanz; Spanisch; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Native language education; Muttersprachlicher Unterricht
Abstract	The study examines emergent literacy skills in a group of young English Language Learners who are dominant in their native language, Spanish. We investigate the relative contribution of syntactic comprehension in the L1 and L2 to the development of emergent reading skills in English. Participants were bilingual kindergarteners from two public schools in New York City. Two main tests were administered: a test of syntactic comprehension, given in both Spanish and English, and a test of literacy skills, specifically listening comprehension in both the L1 and L2 are significant predictors of performance on L2 listening comprehension, with L1 syntactic comprehension shown to be the stronger predictor. These findings provide support for the position that L1 knowledge may be accessible to facilitate comprehension in the L2, particularly in cases in which the learners are dominant in the L1 (cf. Riches & Genesee, 2006). We interpret our results as evidence that there are benefits to supporting the development of the native language in the homes and classrooms of ELLs. (Contains 6 notes and 4 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10