Parental perceptions of bilingualism and home language vocabulary: Young bilingual children from low-income immigrant Mexican American and Chinese American families.
Parental perceptions of bilingualism and home language vocabulary: Young bilingual children from low-income immigrant Mexican American and Chinese American families.
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DOI：
10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1059298
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发表时间：
2023
影响因子：
3.8
通讯作者：
Uchikoshi, Yuuko
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文献类型：
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作者：
Mak, Emily;Nichiporuk Vanni, Natasha;Yang, Xintong;Lara, Maria;Zhou, Qing;Uchikoshi, Yuuko
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双语学习者（DLL），尤其是来自美国移民家庭的学习者，在成长过程中逐渐转向说英语，面临着失去母语的风险。由于双语对儿童的认知、语言和社会情感发展有潜在的好处，因此保持儿童的母语以促进双语发展至关重要。目前的文献表明，父母对双语的信仰和语言和识字环境与儿童的语言发展有关。随着越来越多的DLL生活在美国，很少有人知道父母的信念，他们的孩子双语融入这些双语家庭和父母的作用，在家庭语言维护。本研究通过调查低收入移民家庭，特别是华裔美国人和墨西哥裔美国人家庭，并探讨父母对儿童双语学习的看法，解决了文献中的差距。此外，本研究还探讨了父母对双语能力的看法、家庭语言和识字习惯以及家庭语言口语水平之间的关系。数据收集自41名墨西哥裔美国人和91名华裔美国人低收入移民家庭，他们的DLLs年龄在50-88个月之间，在孩子3-4岁时从北方加州的Head Start计划和州资助的幼儿园招募。通过父母访谈收集了关于共享阅读频率、家庭语言暴露和使用以及父母对双语的看法的信息，并对DLL的家庭语言口语能力进行了单独评估。两组学生的母语口语水平差异无统计学意义。主成分分析的父母的双语能力的看法措施显示两个组成部分，“双语的重要性”和“英语比双语。”逐步回归分析结果表明，“双语的重要性”与儿童的家庭语言口语水平控制后，文化，儿童年龄，家庭语言的书籍共享阅读的频率，和儿童家庭语言的暴露和使用。结果表明，父母对双语的积极信念与儿童使用该语言及其儿童的语言成果有关。家庭语言和读写支持DLL的影响和建议进行了讨论。
Dual language learners (DLLs), especially those from immigrant families in the United States, risk losing their home language as they gradually shift to speaking English as they grow up. Given the potential benefits of bilingualism on children’s cognitive, linguistic, and social–emotional development, it is crucial to maintain children’s home language to foster bilingual development. The current literature suggests that parental beliefs toward bilingualism and the language and literacy environment are linked to children’s language development. With the growing number of DLLs living in the United States, little is known about what parental beliefs about bilingualism of their children are integrated into these bilingual households and parents’ role in home language maintenance. The present study addresses the gap in the literature by investigating low-income immigrant families, specifically Chinese American and Mexican American families, and exploring the parental perceptions of children’s bilingual language learning. Further, the present study examines the relations among parental perceptions of bilingualism, home language and literacy practices, and home language oral proficiency. Data were collected from a total of 41 Mexican American and 91 Chinese American low-income immigrant families with DLLs ages 50–88 months who had been recruited from Head Start programs and state-funded preschools in Northern California when the children were 3–4 years old. Information about shared reading frequency, home language exposure and usage, and parental perceptions of bilingualism was collected through parental interviews, and DLLs’ home language oral proficiency was individually assessed. No significant difference in home language oral proficiency was observed between the two groups. Principal Components Analysis on the parental perceptions of bilingualism measure revealed two components, “Importance of Being Bilingual” and “English over Bilingualism.” Stepwise regression analysis results show that “Importance of Being Bilingual” was associated with children’s home language oral proficiency after controlling for culture, child age, the frequency of home language shared book reading, and child home language exposure and use. The results show that parents’ positive beliefs toward bilingualism are related to the children’s use of that language and their children’s language outcomes. Implications and suggestions for home language and literacy support for DLLs are discussed.
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DOI：
10.1080/13670050903342019
发表时间：
2010
影响因子：
2.8
作者：
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影响因子：
1.5
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