Narrative language development of Persian-English bilingual children attending an immersion preschool

• 발행기관: 한국언어재활사협회
• 저자명: Bita Payesteh Lizbeth H. Finestack
• 간행물 정보: 『Clinical Archives of Communication Disorders』Vol.6 No.3, 149~159쪽, 전체 11쪽
• 주제분류: 의약학 > 의학일반
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2021.12.31

영문 초록

Purpose: This study aimed to provide a better understanding of the language development of bilingual children who attend a Persian immersion preschool in the United States, with a specific focus on their microstructural language skills derived from a story retell task. Methods: Participants included two groups of preschoolers: 14 Persian-English bilingual children who attended a Persian immersion preschool (2-through 5-years of age) and 16 monolingual English-speaking children who attended an English-only preschool (3-through 5-years of age). Participants completed a story retell task, and their parents completed a questionnaire regarding their child’s language environment. Results: Analyses revealed that Persian-English bilingual children produced narratives that are comparable to their same-aged, English monolingual peers with regard to measures of microstructure. Furthermore, mean length of utterance in morphemes was significantly associated with parental language input, positively with Persian input, and negatively with English input. Conclusions: Findings demonstrate that Persian-English bilingual children who attend a Persian immersion preschool develop English to a level comparable to same-age English monolingual peers based on language produced during a story retell task.

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Preschool language Persian-English bilinguals Bilingualism Immersion schools Multilingualism