Bilingual preschoolers silently reading dual-language e-books attend more to their dominant language (English) than the nondominant language (Mandarin)¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · causal r1 · q3 · i2 medium
Currency · newest study 2019 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i2 In Study 1, children looked proportionately significantly longer at English sentences than Mandarin sentences during silent dual-language reading, F(1, 29) = 7.97, p = .009, partial η2 = .222. → Yow 2019

Evidence¶

Yow 2019¶

Yow, W. Q., & Priyashri, S. (2019). Computerized Electronic Features Direct Children's Attention to Print in Single- and Dual-Language e-Books. AERA Open. https://doi.org/10.1177/2332858419878126

q3 · i2 · causal · r1

Study 1 within-subjects eye-tracking experiment with 32 English-Mandarin bilingual kindergartners reading silent dual-language e-books. Children "looked proportionately significantly longer at English sentences than Mandarin sentences during the baseline task" (mean PLT English 0.64 vs. Mandarin 0.36).

"A 2 (Text Language: PLTE vs. PLTM) × 2 (Age-Group: Young vs. Old) repeated-measures ANOV A revealed a significant effect, F(1, 29) = 7.97, p = .009, partial η2 = .222. Children looked proportionately significantly longer at English sentences than Mandarin sentences during the baseline task"

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Reading and Language — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes

Related Claims¶

• Teaching students in a language they understand benefits both language learning and broader learning — the general claim this finding bears on, with the studies behind it
• Multimedia features improved story comprehension in dual-language e-books (marginal trend) but not in single-language e-books — related
• Audio narration with finger-tracking animation directs bilingual preschoolers' attention to the target-language print in dual-language e-books, including the nondominant language — related
• Without a competing language, bilingual preschoolers show no preference between English-only and Mandarin-only books during silent reading — related
• The attention-guiding effect of narration-plus-animation is phase-dependent: target-language attention drops significantly after the animation ends — related
• Multimedia enhancing features increase attention to print in single-language e-books in both English and Mandarin — related