The Effect of the COVID-19 Lockdown on Bilingual Singaporean Children's Leisure Reading

Autor/inn/en	Sun, Baoqi; Loh, Chin Ee; O'Brien, Beth Ann; Silver, Rita Elaine
Titel	The Effect of the COVID-19 Lockdown on Bilingual Singaporean Children's Leisure Reading
Quelle	In: AERA Open, 7 (2021) 1, (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Sun, Baoqi) ORCID (Loh, Chin Ee)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2332-8584
Schlagwörter	COVID-19; Pandemics; School Closing; Elementary School Students; Preadolescents; Reading Attitudes; Reading Habits; Attitude Change; English; Dravidian Languages; Chinese; Indonesian Languages; Printed Materials; Handheld Devices; Recreational Reading; Correlation; Bilingualism; Language Proficiency; Foreign Countries; Singapore + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? School closings; Schule; Schließung; Schließung (von Schulen); Pre-adolescence; Präadoleszenz; Reading behavior; Rading behaviour; Leseverhalten; Reading habit; Lesegewohnheit; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; English language; Englisch; China; Chinesen; Indonesisch; Häusliche Lektüre; Korrelation; Bilingualismus; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Ausland; Singapur
Abstract	Long-term school absences during pandemic lockdowns may result in learning gains and losses much like the summer reading loss, but little is known about the actual effects of such lockdowns. This mixed-methods study examined changes in reading enjoyment, amount and resources in three groups of bilingual children--English-Chinese, English-Malay, and English-Tamil speaking children--during the COVID-19 lockdown in Singapore. Results reveal a lockdown reading gap between children's stronger language (English) and weaker language (Chinese/Malay/Tamil). Within each language, results show differential reading gains and losses for children who enjoyed and did not enjoy reading in print and digital formats. Children's reading enjoyment before the lockdown, changes in reading enjoyment and print reading amount during the lockdown in English and Chinese/Malay were significantly correlated. Children preferred print reading over reading digitally both before and during the lockdown, and devices were underutilized for reading purposes. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01