Open Collections

UBC Faculty Research and Publications

Home Literacy Environment and Chinese-Canadian First Graders’ Bilingual Vocabulary Profiles : A Mixed Methods Analysis Li, Guofang, 1972-; Sun, Zhuo; Zhen, Fubiao; Ji, Xuejun Ryan; Gunderson, Lee, 1942-

Abstract

Bilingual children in the North American context significantly improve in English language proficiency, but their heritage language learning varies between different linguistic groups. This mixed methods study was designed to explore the developmental patterns in bilingual vocabulary among Chinese-Canadian first-graders’ (N = 75) and to identify home factors that may have contributed to divergent bilingual developmental trajectories. Cluster analyses were conducted to identify underlying discrepancy profiles in bilingual oral lexicon. Four children with contrasting bilingual profiles were selected for qualitative analysis to explore home factors that may have contributed to the discrepancies. Thematic analyses of parental interviews revealed several family factors such as beliefs and attitudes toward bilingualism, quality literacy engagement, and sibling dynamics, that all appearing to contribute to the discrepancies.

Item Metadata

Title
Home Literacy Environment and Chinese-Canadian First Graders’ Bilingual Vocabulary Profiles : A Mixed Methods Analysis
Creator
Li, Guofang, 1972-; Sun, Zhuo; Zhen, Fubiao; Ji, Xuejun Ryan; Gunderson, Lee, 1942-
Publisher
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Date Issued
2022-11-28
Description
Bilingual children in the North American context significantly improve in English language proficiency, but their heritage language learning varies between different linguistic groups. This mixed methods study was designed to explore the developmental patterns in bilingual vocabulary among Chinese-Canadian first-graders’ (N = 75) and to identify home factors that may have contributed to divergent bilingual developmental trajectories. Cluster analyses were conducted to identify underlying discrepancy profiles in bilingual oral lexicon. Four children with contrasting bilingual profiles were selected for qualitative analysis to explore home factors that may have contributed to the discrepancies. Thematic analyses of parental interviews revealed several family factors such as beliefs and attitudes toward bilingualism, quality literacy engagement, and sibling dynamics, that all appearing to contribute to the discrepancies.
Subject
bilingual vocabulary; developmental differences; home literacy environment; language beliefs; language choices; sibling dynamics
Genre
Article
Type
Text
Language
eng
Date Available
2023-11-16
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
CC BY 4.0
DOI
10.14288/1.0437678
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/86535
Affiliation
Education, Faculty of; Other UBC; Language and Literacy Education (LLED), Department of
Citation
Sustainability 14 (23): 15788 (2022)
Publisher DOI
10.3390/su142315788
Peer Review Status
Reviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty; Postdoctoral; Graduate
Rights URI
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Aggregated Source Repository
DSpace

Item Media

Item Citations and Data

Rights

CC BY 4.0