Home Language Environment and Children's Second Language Acquisition: The Special Status of Input from Older Siblings

Autor/inn/en	Sorenson Duncan, Tamara; Paradis, Johanne
Titel	Home Language Environment and Children's Second Language Acquisition: The Special Status of Input from Older Siblings
Quelle	In: Journal of Child Language, 47 (2020) 5, S.982-1005 (24 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Sorenson Duncan, Tamara)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-0009
DOI	10.1017/S0305000919000977
Schlagwörter	Linguistic Input; Sibling Relationship; Second Language Learning; Morphology (Languages); Family Environment; Immigrants; Mothers; Parent Child Relationship; English (Second Language); Nonverbal Ability; Short Term Memory; Age Differences; Phonology; Comparative Analysis; Language Fluency; Educational Environment; Scores; Correlation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sprachbildung; Sibling relations; Geschwisterbeziehung; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Morphology; Morphologie; Familienmilieu; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Mother; Mutter; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Kurzzeitgedächtnis; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Fonologie; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Korrelation
Abstract	Previous research suggests that increased second language (L2) input at home may not support L2 acquisition in children from migrant backgrounds. In drawing this conclusion, existing work has largely aggregated across family members. This study contrasts the effect of L2 input from older siblings with that from mothers. Participants were 113 child L2 learners of English (mean age = 5;10 [range 4;10-7;2]; mean exposure to L2 in school = 16.7 months [range 2-48 months]). All children had at least one older sibling. Using hierarchical linear regression modelling with controls for age, non-verbal reasoning and phonological short-term memory, we found that greater L2 input from siblings -- but not mothers -- was associated with stronger L2 abilities in narrative macrostructure, inflectional morphology, and vocabulary. Increased cumulative exposure to the L2 at school and greater maternal L2 fluency were also positively related to children's L2 inflectional morphology and vocabulary scores. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01