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Bilingual Development in Children of Immigrant Families

Year: 2017

Type: article

Abstract: Early exposure to two languages is widely thought to guarantee successful bilingual development. Contradicting that belief, children in bilingual immigrant families who grow up hearing a heritage language and a majority language from birth often reach school age with low levels of skill in both languages. This outcome cannot be explained fully by influences of socioeconomic status. In this article, I summarize research that helps explain the trajectories of observed dual language growth among children in immigrant families in terms of the amount and quality of their language exposure as well as their own language use.

Source: Child Development Perspectives

DOI: 10.1111/cdep.12262

Author: Erika Hoff

Institution: Florida Atlantic University

Language: English

Topic: Language Development and Disorders

Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funder: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Awards: Early Dual Language Development in Children from Spanish-Speaking Families, G1985845614