Reading in multilingual learners of Urdu (L1), English (L2) and Arabic (L3)

被引:4
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作者
Mirza, Amna [1 ]
Gottardo, Alexandra [1 ]
Chen, Xi [2 ]
机构
[1] Wilfrid Laurier Univ, Dept Psychol, 75 Univ Ave W, Waterloo, ON N2L 3C5, Canada
[2] OISE Univ Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
关键词
Second language acquisition; Multilingualism; Script similarities; Word reading; CROSS-LINGUISTIC TRANSFER; SPANISH-ENGLISH; LITERACY INSTRUCTION; LANGUAGE TRANSFER; CHINESE; VOCABULARY; SKILLS; KINDERGARTENERS; INTERDEPENDENCE; CHILDREN;
D O I
10.1007/s11145-016-9669-1
中图分类号
G40 [教育学];
学科分类号
040101 ; 120403 ;
摘要
The present study examined the language and literacy skills and their relations to each other in multilingual children, who have a broad range of oral and written language proficiency in each language that they "know". Reading and vocabulary skills were tested in 50 Canadian children (ages 6-10 years) who were Urdu-English speakers, learning Arabic. Reading skills were related to within-language oral proficiency and across languages with similar and different orthographies. The results suggest the need for hybrid models of language acquisition that combine language-general and language-specific components. The results also are discussed in terms of the need to consider the language and literacy skills of multilingual individuals in current theories of language and literacy acquisition.
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页码:187 / 207
页数:21
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