Mexican American children used more heritage language at home while Korean American children used more English¶
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q2 i? The Mexican American children had a greater tendency to use more heritage language in the home than the Korean American children, who used more English. → 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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Group comparison from the study's home-language data for the 20 children of Mexican and Korean descent: "the Mexican American children had a greater tendency to use more heritage language in the home than the Korean American children."
"Interestingly, the Mexican American children had a greater tendency to use more heritage language in the home than the Korean American children, who used more English."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Second-generation immigrant children aged 6-8 mainly used language at home to convey or seek factual information, except during imaginary play — 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
- Preservation of the mother tongue predicts second-language achievement among migrant children — related
- Spanish use at home does not limit English learning: young Spanish–English bilinguals with more Spanish at school entry show higher English skills by year's end — related
- Ethnic constancy and preference are higher among Mexican American than Dominican American children — related
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Mexican American children used more heritage language at home while Korean American children used more English |
description |
Mexican American children used more heritage language at home while Korean American children used more English |
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2016 |
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2021 |
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