Second-generation immigrant children aged 6-8 mainly used language at home to convey or seek factual information, except during imaginary play¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i? The bilingual children in the study mainly used language to convey or seek factual information unless they were involved in imaginary play. → Jin Sook Lee 2016

Evidence¶

Jin Sook Lee 2016¶

Jin Sook Lee, Jane Y. Choi, Laura Marqués-Pascual. (2016). An Analysis of Communicative Language Functions in the Speech Patterns of Bilingual Korean and Mexican Immigrant Children. Journal of New Approaches in Educational Research, vol. 5, no. 2. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/an-analysis-of-communicative-language-functions-in-the-speech-patterns-of-bilingual-korean

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Descriptive analysis of video-recorded home interactions from 20 second-generation children (ages 6-8) of Mexican and Korean descent, coded with a language function framework. The study found "little variation in the kinds of language functions performed" with factual information functions dominating except in imaginary play.

"Findings show little variation in the kinds of language functions performed by these children who mainly used language to convey or seek factual information, unless they were involved in imaginary play."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Mexican American children used more heritage language at home while Korean American children used more English — related
• Even bilingual children with limited heritage-language proficiency found creative ways to communicate different linguistic functions as needed — related
• The bilingual children rarely engaged in intersentential code-switching during home interactions — related