Even bilingual children with limited heritage-language proficiency found creative ways to communicate different linguistic functions as needed¶

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Evidence · 1 study · qualitative r? · q2
Currency · newest study 2016 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Children found creative ways to communicate different linguistic functions as needed, including those with limited proficiency. → 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

q2 · i? · qualitative · r?

Descriptive finding from the study's analysis of home interaction recordings and child interviews: children with limited proficiency nonetheless found "creative ways to communicate different linguistic functions as needed."

"Moreover, children found creative ways to communicate different linguistic functions as needed, even among those with limited proficiency."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

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• Mexican American children used more heritage language at home while Korean American children used more English — related
• Fluent bilingualism is linked to metalinguistic awareness of how the two languages relate — related
• The bilingual children rarely engaged in intersentential code-switching during home interactions — related