Metalinguistic contribution to writing competence: a study of monolingual children in China and bilingual children in Singapore
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DOI: 10.1007/s11145-018-9846-5
Abstract: This study investigated the concurrent contributions of three components of metalinguistic awareness (i.e., phonological awareness, morphological awareness, and syntactic awareness) to the writing competence of primary three English–Chinese bilingual children in Singapore (n = 390) and monolingual… read more here.
Keywords: writing competence; awareness; bilingual children; children singapore ... See more keywords
Metalinguistic awareness and literacy among semitic-bilingual learners: a cross-language perspective
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DOI: 10.1007/s11145-018-9850-9
Abstract: In the current study we examined three questions. First: How does emergent bilingualism affect the development of metalinguistic awareness in kindergarten and first grade? We compared the changes in scores of tests of phonological awareness… read more here.
Keywords: awareness; first grade; phonology; literacy ... See more keywords
On bilinguals’ development of metalinguistic awareness and its transfer to L3 learning: The role of language characteristics
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DOI: 10.1177/1367006916681081
Abstract: Aims: With language characteristics shown to be a factor mediating bilinguals’ metalinguistic awareness, the present study attempts to give a clearer picture of the impact of language characteristics, avoiding confounds such as exposure opportunities and… read more here.
Keywords: bilinguals development; awareness; language characteristics; role language ... See more keywords
Vocabulary, Metalinguistic Awareness and Language Dominance Among Bilingual Preschool Children
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DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01953
Abstract: Awareness of language structure has been studied in bilinguals, but there is limited research on how language dominance is related to metalinguistic awareness, and whether metalinguistic awareness predicts vocabulary size. The present study aims to… read more here.
Keywords: awareness; vocabulary size; metalinguistic awareness; dominance ... See more keywords