The role of socioemotional wellbeing difficulties and adversity in the L2 acquisition of first-generation refugee children
Autor/a
Vitoroulis, Irene
Al Janaideh, Redab
Chen, Xi
Jenkins, Jennifer
Georgiades, Katholiki
Fecha de publicación
2022ISSN
1366-7289
Resumen
First-generation refugee children often experience pre- and post-migration adversity and display high levels of mental health/wellbeing difficulties, but to date, research has not examined the impact of such factors on refugee children's L2 acquisition. Accordingly, this study examined the influence of externalizing and internalizing problem behaviours (wellbeing), time in refugee camps and low socioeconomic status (SES) (adversity) on the English-L2 abilities of 117 Syrian refugee children (7–14 years) in their third year of residency in Canada. Wellbeing difficulties and adversity factors accounted for variance on L2 vocabulary, morphosyntax, listening comprehension and narrative production tasks, beyond the variance accounted for by age of L2 acquisition and length of L2 exposure. Specifically, externalizing problem behaviours, time in refugee camp, maternal education and maternal employment predicted variance in L2 abilities. It is concluded that refugee children could have influences on their L2 acquisition that are different from those of bilinguals with other backgrounds.
Tipo de documento
Artículo
Versión del documento
Versión publicada
Lengua
English
Materias (CDU)
81 - Lingüística y lenguas
9 - Geografía e historia
Palabras clave
Aprenentatge d'idiomes
Benestar
Infants refugiats
Aprendizaje de idiomas
Bienestar
Niños refugiados
Language learning
Welfare
Refugee children
Páginas
13
Publicado por
Cambridge University Press
Colección
25; 5
Publicado en
Bilingualism: Language and Cognition
Citación
Paradis, Johanne; Soto-Corominas, Adriana; Vitoroulis, Irene [et al.]. The role of socioemotional wellbeing difficulties and adversity in the L2 acquisition of first-generation refugee children. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 2022, 25(5), p. 921-933. Disponible en: <https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/bilingualism-language-and-cognition/article/role-of-socioemotional-wellbeing-difficulties-and-adversity-in-the-l2-acquisition-of-firstgeneration-refugee-children/48BDED9CB904FCEB996C44D5E602F342>. Fecha de acceso: 9 nov. 2022. DOI: 10.1017/S136672892200030X
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