The Impact of a First-Generation Immigrant Environment on the Heritage Language: Productive Vocabularies of Polish Toddlers Living in the UK and Ireland

Autor/inn/en	Miekisz, Aneta; Haman, Ewa; Luniewska, Magdalena; Kus, Katarzyna; O'Toole, Ciara; Katsos, Napoleon
Titel	The Impact of a First-Generation Immigrant Environment on the Heritage Language: Productive Vocabularies of Polish Toddlers Living in the UK and Ireland
Quelle	In: International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 20 (2017) 2, S.183-200 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1367-0050
DOI	10.1080/13670050.2016.1179259
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Polish; Bilingualism; English; Language Skills; Measures (Individuals); Toddlers; Young Children; Immigrants; Monolingualism; Vocabulary; Scores; Comparative Analysis; Correlation; Language Usage; Regression (Statistics); Body Weight; Infants; Parent Attitudes; Mothers; Educational Attainment; Native Language; Parent Background; Poland; United Kingdom; Ireland; MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Polnisch; Bilingualismus; English language; Englisch; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz; Messdaten; Infant; Infants; Toddler; Kleinkind; Frühe Kindheit; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Wortschatz; Korrelation; Sprachgebrauch; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Körpergewicht; Toddlers; Elternverhalten; Mother; Mutter; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Elternhaus; Polen; Großbritannien; Irland
Abstract	The expressive lexical skills of 53 Polish bilinguals aged 24-36 months living in the UK and Ireland were assessed using Polish and British English adaptations of the MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventories. Polish vocabulary scores were compared to those of 53 Polish monolinguals matched for age, gender and parental education. The bilinguals were born to two Polish parents and mostly lived outside Poland since birth. Results showed substantial differences in Total Conceptual Vocabulary and single-language vocabulary scores between the groups. However, the groups did not differ on Total Vocabulary measures. In the bilingual sample, there were significant correlations between children's frequency of language use and their vocabulary scores in the same language. A negative correlation between children's frequency of English use and their Polish vocabulary scores was found. A complex pattern of factors relating to children's low performance in Polish emerged. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses showed that low birth weight, parental concern about language, maternal educational level as well as maternal frequency of Polish and English use contributed to explaining children's Polish vocabulary scores. Overall, results indicated the need for early additional support of the first language (L1) if long-term balanced bilingualism is to be attained. (As Provided).
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