Interdependence between L1 and L2: the case of Syrian children with refugee backgrounds in Canada and the Netherlands
Fecha de publicación
2021ISSN
0142-7164
Resumen
Children who are refugees become bilingual in circumstances that are often challenging and that can vary across national contexts. We investigated the second language (L2) syntactic skills of Syrian children aged 6-12 living in Canada (n = 56) and the Netherlands (n = 47). Our goal was to establish the impact of the first language (L1 = Syrian Arabic) skills on L2 (English, Dutch) outcomes and whether L1–L2 interdependence is influenced by the length of L2 exposure. To measure L1 and L2 syntactic skills, cross-linguistic Litmus Sentence Repetition Tasks (Litmus-SRTs) were used. Results showed evidence of L1–L2 interdependence, but interdependence may only surface after sufficient L2 exposure. Maternal education level and refugee camp experiences differed between the two samples. Both variables impacted L2 outcomes in the Canadian but not in the Dutch sample, demonstrating the importance to examine refugee children’s bilingual language development in different national contexts.
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Artículo
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Inglés
Materias (CDU)
8 - Lingüística y literatura
81 - Lingüística y lenguas
Palabras clave
Nens refugiats
Bilingüisme
Habilitats sintàctiques
Segona llengua
Nens sirians
Niños refugiados
Bilingüismo
Habilidades sintácticas
Segunda lengua
Niños sirios
Refugee children
Bilingualism
Syntactic skills
Second language
Syrian children
Páginas
36
Publicado por
Cambridge University Press
Colección
42;5
Publicado en
Applied psycholinguistics
Citación
Blom, Elma; Soto-Corominas, Adriana; Attar, Zahraa [et al.]. Applied psycholinguistics, 2021, 42(5), p. 1159-1194. Disponible en: <https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/applied-psycholinguistics/article/interdependence-between-l1-and-l2-the-case-of-syrian-children-with-refugee-backgrounds-in-canada-and-the-netherlands/A4BF16F83E692052A1D4F4666955E360>. Fecha de acceso: 17 nov. 2021. DOI: 10.1017/S0142716421000229
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