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- Title
Assessing the Role of Book Reading Practices in Indian Bilingual Children’s English Language and Literacy Development.
- Authors
Kalia, Vrinda
- Abstract
The goal of this study was to examine the role of Indian bilingual parents’ book reading practices on the development of the children’s oral language, narrative and literacy skills in English, their second language. About 24 bilingual children from two preschools in Bangalore, India were tested in schools in English on receptive vocabulary, complex syntax, narrative expression, phonological awareness, and concepts about print. The findings suggest that exposure to book reading in English is associated with bilingual children’s oral language, narrative and literacy development in their second language.
- Subjects
INDIA; SOUTHEAST Asia; BILINGUAL instructional materials; BILINGUAL method in English language education; STUDY &; teaching of bilingual education; PARENT participation in early childhood education; ENGLISH language education for foreign speakers in elementary schools; BILINGUAL books; EDUCATION; ENGLISH language education; ENGLISH language education in preschools; AMERICAN influences in education
- Publication
Early Childhood Education Journal, 2007, Vol 35, Issue 2, p149
- ISSN
1082-3301
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10643-007-0179-2