Maternal Heritage Language Proficiency and Child Bilingual Heritage Language Learning

Autor/inn/en	Sun, He; Low, Jiamin; Chua, Ivy
Titel	Maternal Heritage Language Proficiency and Child Bilingual Heritage Language Learning
Quelle	In: International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 26 (2023) 7, S.861-875 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Sun, He) ORCID (Low, Jiamin)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1367-0050
DOI	10.1080/13670050.2022.2130153
Schlagwörter	Mothers; Native Language; Vocabulary Development; Grammar; Mandarin Chinese; Phonology; Short Term Memory; Bilingualism; Language Proficiency; Parent Child Relationship; Receptive Language; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Preschool Children; Socioeconomic Status; Mother Attitudes; Foreign Countries; Heritage Education; Gender Differences; Family Environment; Singapore + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mother; Mutter; Wortschatzarbeit; Grammatik; Fonologie; Kurzzeitgedächtnis; Bilingualismus; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Rezeptive Kommunikationsfähigkeit; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Mutterliebe; Ausland; Geschlechterkonflikt; Familienmilieu; Singapur
Abstract	'Should I talk to my child in a language that I am not good at?' This question reveals the dilemma that many bilingual parents are facing. In the current study, 301 English-Mandarin bilinguals' mothers in Singapore self-evaluated their Mandarin proficiency and we assessed the 4-5 years old children's Mandarin receptive vocabulary and grammar. We also investigated children's bilingual language exposure with a parental questionnaire and children's phonological short-term memory with CTOPP. The results indicated that mothers' Mandarin proficiency would affect the amount of Mandarin they speak to their children. Those mothers with a medium- or high-level Mandarin proficiency demonstrated a significantly stronger influence on children's Mandarin vocabulary and grammar than the mothers with lower Mandarin proficiency. Specifically, mothers' Mandarin proficiency mediated the relations between familial SES and children's Mandarin skills after controlling children's Mandarin exposure at home, gender, and short-term phonological memory. Our findings suggest the unique role that maternal Mandarin proficiency plays in early heritage language learning. It indicates that mothers who have a decent command of heritage language should be encouraged to use this language more often with their children, considering maternal heritage language proficiency as a promotive factor from the influence of low SES. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01