Bilingual Vocabulary Development of Turkish Preschoolers in the Netherlands
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In a small-scale longitudinal study, the development of receptive and productive Dutch and Turkish vocabulary of 31 Turkish immigrant preschool children from age three to four was assessed and compared with Dutch vocabulary development of 77 same-age Dutch children. Using multivariate analysis of variance for repeated measurements, main and interaction effects of group (Turkish, Dutch working class and Dutch middle class) and time were tested. Turkish preschoolers' development of Turkish vocabulary appeared to be rather similar to Dutch lower-class children's Dutch vocabulary development. However, Turkish preschoolers' Dutch vocabulary development was further behind. Significant interaction effects of group and age furthermore indicated that the acceleration of Dutch vocabulary growth in Turkish children, due to increased use of day-care and preschool centres and, from the fourth birthday onward, introduction into kindergarten, wasnot paralleled by a similar acceleration of Turkish vocabulary growth. A correlational analysis with home characteristics provided further clues as to the possible determinants of Dutch and Turkish language development of the Turkish preschoolers in this study. The results are interpreted within the framework of Cummins' interdependency hypothesis.
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The finding replicates past studies reporting positive L1-L2 correlations between receptive vocabulary skills in preschool-age Turkish-speaking children in the Netherlands and Spanish-speaking children in the US.
“Admittedly, this finding is neither novel nor surprising - replicating results of past studies reporting positive L1-L2 correlations between receptive vocabulary skills in preschool-age Turkish-speaking children in the Netherlands (Leseman, 2000; Prevoo et al., 2015; Scheele et al., 2010; Verhoeven, 2007) and Spanishspeaking children in the US (Atwill et al., 2007; Branum-Martin et al., 2009; Farv”
From Linguistic interdependence of receptive vocabulary skills in emergent bilingual preschool children: Exploring a factor-dependent approach (2019) · cites this paper as Leseman, 2000
The findings are unlike longitudinal studies which reported that positive cross-language correlations between vocabulary skills in emergent bilingual children became smaller or dropped with increasing age or grade.
“These findings corroborate our hypothesis, but are unlike those from longitudinal studies which reported that positive cross-language correlations between vocabulary skills in emergent bilingual children became smaller or dropped with increasing age or grade (Leseman, 2000; Solari et al., 2014; Verhoeven, 2007; see also Branum-Martin et al., 2009).”
From Linguistic interdependence of receptive vocabulary skills in emergent bilingual preschool children: Exploring a factor-dependent approach (2019) · cites this paper as Leseman, 2000
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- Authors
- Leseman, P. P. M.
- Corresponding author
- Leseman, Paul P. M.
- ORCID
- Leseman, Paul P. M.
- Venue
- Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2000-03
- Volume
- 21
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 93-112
- ISSN
- 0143-4632 (ISSN-L)
- 1747-7557
- OpenAlex
- W1964753786
- Cited by
- 158
- References
- 0
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- FWCI
- 1.34
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Language Development and Disorders
- Social Sciences › Linguistics and Language › Multilingual Education and Policy
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Second Language Acquisition and Learning
- Keywords
- receptive vocabulary, expressive vocabulary, preschool children, language acquisition, socioeconomic status, home language environment, language shift
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