Bilingual children score higher in English than Spanish, with the language effect larger in the expressive modality¶

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Subclaims¶

q3 i3 A significant language-by-modality interaction reflected a greater effect of language (English > Spanish) in the expressive than the receptive modality. → Gross Megan 2014

Evidence¶

Gross Megan 2014¶

Gross Megan, Buac Milijana, Kaushanskaya Margarita. (2014). Conceptual scoring of receptive and expressive vocabulary measures in simultaneous and sequential bilingual children. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. https://doi.org/10.1044/2014_AJSLP-13-0026

q3 · i3 · associational · r2

Repeated-measures ANCOVA on the two bilingual groups with SES covariate; the language-by-modality interaction (ηp2 = .15) showed the English advantage concentrated in expressive vocabulary, consistent with reduced expressive skills in the minority language.

"A significant interaction between language and modality, F (1, 47) = 8.58, p = .005, ηp2 = .15, reflected a greater effect of language in the expressive modality (English Madjusted marginal = 93.4, SE = 1.6 vs. Spanish Madjusted marginal = 88.5, SE = 2.3) than in the receptive modality (English Madjusted marginal = 101.6, SE = 2.2 vs. Spanish Madjusted marginal = 102.2, SE = 2.3)."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Vocabulary — outcome: instruction changes it

Related Claims¶

• Conceptual scoring removes the monolingual-simultaneous-bilingual gap in English receptive vocabulary but not in English expressive vocabulary — related
• Bilingual children's English and Spanish receptive vocabulary and oral comprehension both increased across two years of Head Start, with group advantages in the language of prior exposure — related
• Controlling for SES, monolingual children outperform both simultaneous and sequential bilinguals on single-language English receptive and expressive vocabulary measures — related
• Sequential bilinguals score significantly below monolinguals on English vocabulary even with conceptual scoring and SES controlled — related