The Development of Young Children of Immigrants in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States

Autor/inn/en	Washbrook, Elizabeth; Waldfogel, Jane; Bradbury, Bruce; Corak, Miles; Ghanghro, Ali A.
Titel	The Development of Young Children of Immigrants in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States
Quelle	In: Child Development, 83 (2012) 5, S.1591-1607 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-3920
DOI	10.1111/j.1467-8624.2012.01796.x
Schlagwörter	Immigrants; Foreign Countries; Official Languages; Child Development; Young Children; Public Policy; Vocabulary; Language Tests; Cross Cultural Studies; Land Settlement; Second Language Learning; English (Second Language); Native Language; Nonverbal Ability; Adolescents; Australia; Canada; United Kingdom; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Ausland; Office language; Amtssprache; Kindesentwicklung; Frühe Kindheit; Öffentliche Ordnung; Wortschatz; Language test; Sprachtest; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Siedlungsraum; Zweitsprachenerwerb; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Australien; Kanada; Großbritannien; USA
Abstract	In spite of important differences in some of the resources immigrant parents have to invest in their children, and in immigrant selection rules and settlement policies, there are significant similarities in the relative positions of 4- and 5-year-old children of immigrants in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Children of immigrants underperform their counterparts with native-born parents in vocabulary tests, particularly if a language other than the official language is spoken at home, but are not generally disadvantaged in nonverbal cognitive domains, nor are there notable behavioral differences. These findings suggest that the cross-country differences in cognitive outcomes during the teen years documented in the existing literature are much less evident during the early years. (Contains 6 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10