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Relations between Home Language Exposure and Vocabulary Development in Bilingual Toddlers

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2008
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This study examined the relation between home language exposure from different household members, specifically older siblings, and English and Spanish vocabulary development in bilingual toddlers. The English and Spanish vocabularies of 38 toddlers (19 boys and 19 girls; Mage = 2.14 years, SD = .14) were measured. Parental EI?-glish use was found to be the strongest predictor of English and Spanish proficiencies. Among households in which the parents use less than 10% English, having older siblings had no effect on English language proficiency but was associated with lower levels of Spanish proficiency.
Title: Relations between Home Language Exposure and Vocabulary Development in Bilingual Toddlers.
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Name(s): Bridges, Kelly
Hoff, Erika, Thesis advisor
Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Date Created: 2008
Date Issued: 2008
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: pdf
Extent: 41 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: This study examined the relation between home language exposure from different household members, specifically older siblings, and English and Spanish vocabulary development in bilingual toddlers. The English and Spanish vocabularies of 38 toddlers (19 boys and 19 girls; Mage = 2.14 years, SD = .14) were measured. Parental EI?-glish use was found to be the strongest predictor of English and Spanish proficiencies. Among households in which the parents use less than 10% English, having older siblings had no effect on English language proficiency but was associated with lower levels of Spanish proficiency.
Identifier: FA00000728 (IID)
Collection: FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Note(s): College of Education
Dissertation (Ph.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2008.
Subject(s): Bilingualism in children
Second language acquisition
Sociolinguistics
Interaction analysis in education
Language and culture
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