ArticleEarly childhood research quarterly
Influences of the Home Language and Literacy Environment on Spanish and English Vocabulary Growth among Dual Language Learners.
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- Language- and Activity-Specific Associations Between English and Chinese Home Literacy Activities and Receptive Vocabulary Among Chinese-Canadian Children: A Repeated Cross-Sectional Study.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Development of a Vocabulary Inventory for English-Mandarin Dual-Language-Learning Infants and Toddlers.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Shared Book Reading and Bilingual Children's Dual Language Learning and Socio-Emotional Skills.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Testing the validity of a self-report scale, author recognition test, and book counting as measures of lifetime exposure to print fiction.Behavior research methods · 2023Article
- Parental perceptions of bilingualism and home language vocabulary: Young bilingual children from low-income immigrant Mexican American and Chinese American families.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
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Little is known regarding the extent to which aspects of the home language and literacy environment (HLE) promote growth in language skills among dual language learners (DLLs). Therefore, the purpose of this study was to evaluate which aspects of the HLE significantly predict growth in English and Spanish vocabulary among Spanish-speaking DLLs. 944 Spanish-speaking DLLs (51.6% female; mean age = 53.77 months) completed assessments of English and Spanish vocabulary at four time points across two academic years. Parents completed a survey of the HLE that included information on language exposure, reading exposure, and family reading habits. Results indicated that specific literacy-related practices, including availability of books in the home, language read to the child, and parental reading skills were significant predictors of growth in children's Spanish and English vocabulary knowledge, even after controlling children's initial level of language skills and family socioeconomic status.
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