Título Reading comprehension and immersion schooling: evidence from component skills
Autores Hansen L.B. , MORALES CASTILLO, MARÍA JULIA, Macizo P. , Duñabeitia J.A. , Saldaña D. , Carreiras M. , Fuentes L.J. , Bajo M.T.
Publicación externa No
Medio Dev. Sci.
Alcance Article
Naturaleza Científica
Cuartil JCR 1
Cuartil SJR 1
Impacto JCR 4.07800
Impacto SJR 2.65000
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Fecha de publicacion 01/01/2017
ISI 000391973800009
Scopus Id 2-s2.0-85007388055
DOI 10.1111/desc.12454
Abstract The present research aims to assess literacy acquisition in children becoming bilingual via second language immersion in school. We adopt a cognitive components approach, assessing text-level reading comprehension, a complex literacy skill, as well as underlying cognitive and linguistic components in 144 children aged 7 to 14 (72 immersion bilinguals, 72 controls). Using principal component analysis, a nuanced pattern of results was observed: although emergent bilinguals lag behind their monolingual counterparts on measures of linguistic processing, they showed enhanced performance on a memory and reasoning component. For reading comprehension, no between-group differences were evident, suggesting that selective benefits compensate costs at the level of underlying cognitive components. Overall, the results seem to indicate that literacy skills may be modulated by emerging bilingualism even when no between-group differences are evident at the level of complex skill, and the detection of such differences may depend on the focus and selectivity of the task battery used. © 2016 John Wiley & Sons Ltd
Palabras clave adolescent; case control study; child; comprehension; human; linguistics; memory; multilingualism; reading; Adolescent; Case-Control Studies; Child; Comprehension; Humans; Linguistics; Memory; Multili
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