Preposition accuracy on a sentence repetition task in school age Spanish–English bilinguals

Preposition knowledge is important for academic success. The goal of this project was to examine how different variables such as English input and output, Spanish preposition score, mother education level, and age of English exposure (AoEE) may have played a role in children's preposition knowl...

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Published in:Journal of child language 2018-01, Vol.45 (1), p.97-119
Main Authors: TALIANCICH-KLINGER, CASEY L., BEDORE, LISA M., PEÑA, ELIZABETH D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accuracy
Bilingual Students
Bilingualism
Child Language
Children
Children & youth
Elementary Education
Elementary School Students
Elementary Schools
English (Second Language)
English language
Expressive Language
Form Classes (Languages)
Grammar
Justice
Language acquisition
Language Enrichment
Language Tests
Lighting
Linguistic Input
Monolingualism
Morphemes
Nouns
Parent Background
Predictor Variables
Prepositions
Repetition
Semantics
Semiotics
Semitic Languages
Sentences
Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish Speaking
Task Analysis
Verbs
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Summary:Preposition knowledge is important for academic success. The goal of this project was to examine how different variables such as English input and output, Spanish preposition score, mother education level, and age of English exposure (AoEE) may have played a role in children's preposition knowledge in English. 148 Spanish–English children between 7;0 and 9;11 produced prepositions in English and Spanish on a sentence repetition task from an experimental version of the Bilingual English Spanish Assessment Middle Extension (Peña, Bedore, Gutierrez-Clellen, Iglesias & Goldstein, in development). English input and output accounted for most of the variance in English preposition score. The importance of language-specific experiences in the development of prepositions is discussed. Competition for selection of appropriate prepositions in English and Spanish is discussed as potentially influencing low overall preposition scores in English and Spanish.
ISSN:0305-0009
1469-7602
DOI:10.1017/S0305000917000125