2017
DOI: 10.1093/applin/amx010
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The Impact of Mother Tongue Instruction on the Development of Biliteracy: Evidence from Somali–Swedish Bilinguals

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“…The study expands on the results of an earlier study, which found that Somali-Swedish speaking students who had attended Somali MTI for several years, performed better on reading comprehension in Somali, than Somali-Swedish speaking students of the same ages, who had not taken Somali MTI (Ganuza & Hedman 2017a). The present study revisits the results of 36 participants in the earlier study, and explores the relationship between their scores on reading comprehension and their grades at the end of 6 th or 7 th grade; in MTI, Swedish as a second language, Mathematics, and overall grade points.…”
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“…The study expands on the results of an earlier study, which found that Somali-Swedish speaking students who had attended Somali MTI for several years, performed better on reading comprehension in Somali, than Somali-Swedish speaking students of the same ages, who had not taken Somali MTI (Ganuza & Hedman 2017a). The present study revisits the results of 36 participants in the earlier study, and explores the relationship between their scores on reading comprehension and their grades at the end of 6 th or 7 th grade; in MTI, Swedish as a second language, Mathematics, and overall grade points.…”
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“…Studien utgår från en tidigare undersökning som visade att somalisktalande elever som hade deltagit i modersmålsundervisning presterade bättre på tester av läsning och ordförråd i somaliska i jämförelse med elever i samma åldrar som inte deltagit i undervisningen (Ganuza & Hedman 2017a). I föreliggande studie ingår 36 av deltagarna från den tidigare studien, som alla går i samma skola och som alla har deltagit i modersmålsundervisning i flera år.…”
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