Learning English Bilingually: Age of Onset of Exposure and Rate of Acquisition Among English Language Learners in a Bilingual Education Program
Learning English Bilingually: Age of Onset of Exposure and Rate of Acquisition Among English Language Learners in a Bilingual Education Program
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双语学习英语：双语教育计划中英语学习者开始接触英语的年龄和习得率
DOI：
10.1080/15235882.2005.10162857
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发表时间：
2005
影响因子：
1.6
通讯作者：
Lisa C. Pray
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作者：
J. MacSwan;Lisa C. Pray
本文探讨了参加双语教育项目的儿童是否在合理的时间内学习英语，以及年龄较大的儿童是否比年龄较小的儿童学习英语更快。研究发现，儿童(N=)在1到6.5岁的范围内达到了与以英语为母语的人平等的水平，在英语语言方面的平均年龄为3.31岁。与其他数据的间接比较表明，双语教育项目的儿童学习英语的速度与全英语项目的儿童一样快，甚至更快。方差分析表明，样本中年龄较大的学龄儿童学习英语的速度比年龄较小的儿童快，F(4，84)=9.037，p<；.001，调整后的R2=.268。这些证据支持双语教育项目的基本原理；此外，作者认为，纯英语项目可能会阻碍学术主题的成功学习。
Abstract This article asks whether children enrolled in a bilingual education program learn English in a reasonable amount of time, and whether older children learn English faster than younger children. Children (N = 89) were found to achieve parity with native English speakers in a range of 1 to 6.5 years and in an average of 3.31 years on measures of English language. Indirect comparisons with other data suggest that children in bilingual education programs learn English as fast as or faster than children in all-English programs, and an ANOVA analysis indicates that older school-age children in the sample learn English faster than younger children, F(4, 84) = 9.037, p < .001, adjusted R 2 = .268. The evidence supports the underlying rationale of bilingual education programs; in addition, the authors argue that English-only programs may inhibit successful learning of academic subject matter.