Age of first bilingual language exposure as a new window into bilingual reading development.
Age of first bilingual language exposure as a new window into bilingual reading development.
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DOI：
10.1017/s1366728908003386
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发表时间：
2008-07-01
影响因子：
3.6
通讯作者：
Petitto, Laura-Ann
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作者：
Kovelman, Ioulia;Baker, Stephanie A.;Petitto, Laura-Ann
第一次接触双语语言的年龄如何影响儿童学习两种语言阅读的阅读发展？在双语学校接受教育的单语英语儿童是否有阅读优势？我们研究了在西班牙语-英语双语学校的儿童（2-3年级，7-9岁），他们来自讲西班牙语的家庭（新的英语）或讲英语的家庭（新的西班牙语），与单语英语学校的讲英语的儿童相比。早期首次接触双语对两种语言的阅读、语音意识和语言能力有积极影响：早期双语者（首次接触年龄0-3岁）优于其他双语组（首次接触年龄3-6岁）。值得注意的是，两种语言的学校教育为来自单语英语家庭的孩子提供了音素意识技能的优势。早期双语接触最有利于双语阅读的发展，它可能对阅读和语言发展产生强大的积极影响，从而可能减轻低社会经济地位对识字的负面影响。此外，第一次接触双语的年龄提供了一个新的工具，以评估一个年轻的双语者是否有阅读问题与他或她是否是一个典型的发展中的双语学习者。
How does age of first bilingual language exposure affect reading development in children learning to read in both of their languages? Is there a reading advantage for monolingual English children who are educated in bilingual schools? We studied children (grades 2–3, ages 7–9) in bilingual Spanish–English schools who were either from Spanish-speaking homes (new to English) or English-speaking homes (new to Spanish), as compared with English-speaking children in monolingual English schools. An early age of first bilingual language exposure had a positive effect on reading, phonological awareness, and language competence in both languages: early bilinguals (age of first exposure 0–3 years) outperformed other bilingual groups (age of first exposure 3–6 years). Remarkably, schooling in two languages afforded children from monolingual English homes an advantage in phoneme awareness skills. Early bilingual exposure is best for dual language reading development, and it may afford such a powerful positive impact on reading and language development that it may possibly ameliorate the negative effect of low SES on literacy. Further, age of first bilingual exposure provides a new tool for evaluating whether a young bilingual has a reading problem versus whether he or she is a typically-developing dual-language learner.