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Li, Hui; Wu, Dandan; Degotardi, Sheila; Chik, Alice – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2022
This study explored the family language policy, parental beliefs, and bilingual parenting in Beijing, a typical monolingual society. Stratified random sampling was conducted to recruit 192 parents of Chinese preschoolers (ages 2.5, 3.5, 4.5, and 5.5 years). They were surveyed with the "Home Language Environment and Practices" (HLEP)…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Family Relationship, Language Usage, Parent Child Relationship
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Pfenninger, Simone E. – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2016
This study examines the impact of L2 literacy on the development of writing proficiency in the L3, as related to age of onset (AO) of instruction, as well as the effects of AO on ultimate L3 attainment at the end of the period of normal schooling. Using longitudinal data for the same student cohort (200 Swiss learners of English) at the beginning…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Multilingualism, Second Language Learning, Transfer of Training
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Bérubé, Daniel; Marinova-Todd, Stefka H. – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2014
The classroom demographics in French immersion (FI) programs across Canada are changing: There are a growing number of multilingual students who are learning English as a second language (L2) and French as a third language (L3). However, little is known about the development of French language proficiency and reading skills of multilingual…
Descriptors: Sociolinguistics, Multiple Regression Analysis, Reading Comprehension, French
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Soltero-Gonzalez, Lucinda; Escamilla, Kathy; Hopewell, Susan – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2012
This study explored the application of a holistic bilingual view to assess the writing of emerging bilingual children. The study is part of a 5-year longitudinal research and intervention project that explores the biliteracy development of Spanish-English emerging bilingual students who are receiving instruction in both languages. Participants…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Writing Evaluation, Writing Tests, Writing Ability