Morphological Awareness and Bilingual Word Learning: A Longitudinal Structural Equation Modeling Study

Autor/inn/en	Zhang, Dongbo; Koda, Keiko; Leong, Che Kan
Titel	Morphological Awareness and Bilingual Word Learning: A Longitudinal Structural Equation Modeling Study
Quelle	In: Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 29 (2016) 3, S.383-407 (25 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0922-4777
DOI	10.1007/s11145-015-9603-y
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Morphology (Languages); Bilingual Education; Bilingualism; Malayo Polynesian Languages; English; Language of Instruction; Elementary School Students; Grade 3; Grade 4; Intervals; Structural Equation Models; Lexicology; Inferences; Transfer of Training; Longitudinal Studies; Singapore + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Morphology; Morphologie; Bilingual teaching; Bilingualer Unterricht; Bilingualismus; English language; Englisch; Teaching language; Unterrichtssprache; School year 03; 3. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 03; School year 04; 4. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 04; Lexikologie; Inference; Inferenz; Training; Transfer; Ausbildung; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Singapur
Abstract	This longitudinal study examined the contribution of morphological awareness to bilingual word learning of Malay-English bilingual children in Singapore where English is the medium of instruction. Participants took morphological awareness and lexical inference tasks in both English and Malay twice with an interval of about half a year, the first time at the end of Grade 3 (Time 1) and the second time at the end of the first semester of Grade 4 (Time 2). Structural equation modeling (SEM) analyses revealed that within both languages, morphological awareness significantly predicted lexical inference at Time 1 as well as Time 2, and the contribution also became strengthened over time. Cross-linguistic SEM analyses showed that concurrently at both Time 1 and Time 2, English morphological awareness only had a significant indirect effect on Malay lexical inference. The exact indirect relationships, however, varied between Time 1 and Time 2. In addition, an indirect effect of Time 1 English morphological awareness on Time 2 Malay lexical inference also surfaced. These findings suggest concurrent as well as longitudinal cross-linguistic transfer of morphological awareness from English to Malay. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01