Profiles in Bilingualism: Factors Influencing Kindergartners’ Language Proficiency

Dixon, L. Quentin; Wu, Shuang; Daraghmeh, Ahlam

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“…Based on literature, there are at least four previous works within the sociolinguistic area, these include Dixon (2009), Li and Ren (2013), Siew (2010), andTupas (2016). Another six works look at bilingualism in the psycholinguistic area, such as Brebner, McCormack, and Liow (2016), Dixon, Shuang, and Daraghmeh (2012), Lydea, Brebner and McCormack (2014), Yah, Poon, and Liow (2013), Yeong and Liow (2012), and Zhao, Liu, and Hong (2007). Since I focus on the psycholinguistic analysis, I will only highlight findings from the three societal bilingualism studies very briefly.…”

Section: Results and Discussion Bilingualism Research In Southeast Asiamentioning

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“…Taking a different stance by focusing on building four language profiles, Dixon et al (2012) examined the vocabulary scores of 282 bilingual Singaporean kindergarteners (167 Chinese, 70 Malay, and 45 Tamil) and came up with outstanding findings, which are: '(a) low SES children were most at risk for low proficiency in both languages, (b) middle and high SES children were most likely to demonstrate low ethnic language with high English proficiency, and (c) children exposed to both languages at home were most likely to show low proficiency in both languages'. These groups of work, especially Dixon et al (2012), have interestingly pinpointed the contesting nature of two languages in bilingual selves during the developmental stages. Furthermore, these three have also drawn my particular attention to the fact that Singapore, as a research site, provides such a wealthy research topic that might go in line with the easy-to-manage data collection.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Using interviews, they could do an indepth exploration towards the phenomena being observed as well as conduct more qualitative analysis to provide an adequate explanation of the findings. Observation was also exploited to bring both linguistic and non linguistic factors together (Li and Ren, 2013;Dixon et al, 2012;Zhao et al, 2007;Birnie-Smith, 2016;Cahyani et al, 2016;Chena et al, 2015;Schwartz and Asli, 2014;Palviainen et al, 2016). Similarly, observation in language research is proven to be a reliable data collection as the researchers can capture a more authentic language use.…”

Section: Lessons To Learn: a Stepping Stone To The Future Of Indonesimentioning

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A Close Look at Bilingualism Research in Asia

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2017

Indonesian J. Appl. Linguist

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Asia is a 'homeland' for bilingualism research in regards to its diversity. It is considered as a vivid research site where there is significant growth of academic areas of exploration. Yet, there are very few scientific attempts to map bilingualism research in an Asian context so far. Thus, I bring the idea of mapping previous works through this literature study by specifically scrutinizing (a) bilingualism research in Southeast Asia, (b) bilingualism research in other parts of Asia, and (c) lessons to learn as a stepping stone to define the future of Indonesian bilingualism. The general data mapping I have explored includes Southeast Asian countries (Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam) and other parts of Asia (China, India, Israel, and Kazakhstan. The findings from the 33 previous works can be considered as empirical evidence that I will use to portray the research trends in Asia's bilingualism. The trends show that 19 (55%) works have approached bilingual data from sociolinguistics perspective, whereas the other 14 (45%) have framed their analysis under psycholinguistic approach. Based on the methodological concerns from these works, I propose two major areas of exploration: Family Language Policy (FLP) and trilingual acquisition. FLP in Indonesian is a promising ground, as it brings together issues in language maintenance and shift that instigate a wider aspect of investigation; these aspects include bilingual language dominance, cross language influence, and so forth. Trilingual acquisition, the situation most Indonesian children are growing with, has a potentially significant impact on education, especially where a language curriculum is carefully planned and implemented. In conclusion, this mapping will hopefully shed a light on how bilingualism has academically been very appealing and will continue to fascinate more researchers.

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Section: Results and Discussion Bilingualism Research In Southeast Asiamentioning

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“…In other words, the language environment that parents provide for their children will greatly affect children's language learning outcomes. Besides, parents' social and economic status also influences children's master of two languages (Dixon, WU, & Daraghmeh, 2012).…”

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“…Although they hold positive beliefs toward bilingual policy, yet they demonstrate passive behaviours or even give up Chinese when confronting with challenges on children's English ability, especially when children are enrolled in primary school and face great pressure. It is undeniable that the social economic status of a language will pose influence on parents' attitude toward this language (Dixon, WU, & Daraghmeh, 2012). Researchers see this conflict as quite detrimental to bilingual learning and it calls for further in-depth studies.…”

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This study aims to study parents' attitude, perceptions, and behaviours towards bilingual education in Singapore's bilingual social context. The study involves 78 young Singapore's Chinese parents, using mixed methodologies including multiple choice questionnaire, interview, checklist, and focus group discussion to collect data. Qualitative and quantitative researches have shown four important findings. First, young parents acknowledge the importance of learning mother tongue to maintain cultural heritage. They also realize that Chinese could become their next generation's crucial social capital in the future. Those families have great potential in raising bilingual children.Second, more attention should be paid to the gap between young parents' positive attitude and passive behaviour in supporting children's bilingual learning. Third, there are some misunderstandings about bilingual learning. Some parents doubt or deny the possibilities of fostering bilingual children and simply think learning Chinse language would impede children's English competence. Fourth, parents focus more on children's primary school study rather than kindergarten period, including learning interest, reading, and writing of written language abilities. More in-depth researches are needed to examine the relevance of those four findings as well as propose a more comprehensive perspective for researches on Singapore's future bilingual education reform and development.

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Changing Demographics of Dual Language Learners and English Learners: Implications for School Success

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2018

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This Social Policy Report, with a focus on the diversity of the Dual Language Learner and English Learner populations, is drawn from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's 2017 publication, Promoting the Educational Success of Children and Youth Learning English: Promising Futures (the Promising Futures report) with additional research reviewed by the authors of this Social Policy Report to address policy and instructional implications. The Promising Futures report provides extensive summaries of research on English Learner language acquisition, English Learners and special education, and English Learner assessment. The report also discusses considerations related to research and practice that can be of considerable usefulness for understanding and acting upon the educational success of Dual Language Learners (DLLs; children age 5 and under learning two languages at once) and English Learners (ELs; children in the pre-K-12 education system whose primary language is not English and who are learning English as a second language). This Social Policy Report focuses on the demographic characteristics of DLLs and ELs to emphasize that these children and youth are a rapidly growing and substantive population in U.S. schools; are highly diverse in national, cultural, and linguistic origins; are dispersed throughout the nation; and have distinct socioeconomic situations, immigration experiences, and backgrounds. In addition, this Social Policy Report includes a brief discussion of the assessment of English learners, workforce needs, and implications for practice. The report attempts to further contextualize an understanding of the educational needs of these students and the increasing diversity of DLLs and ELs.

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Profiles in Bilingualism: Factors Influencing Kindergartners’ Language Proficiency

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