Early Literacy Abilities in Spanish-English Emergent Bilingual Children from Varied Dialectal Backgrounds

Download or read book Early Literacy Abilities in Spanish-English Emergent Bilingual Children from Varied Dialectal Backgrounds written by Antonietta Mastrota and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are many morphological, phonological, syntactical, and lexical subtleties that exist between varied dialects of the Spanish language. Vocabulary and lexicon use has been shown to positively influence phonological awareness skills in young children. Dialectical classifications of the participants were determined through use of different dialect specific vocabulary word list in the Linguistic and Cultural Background Survey. This study sought to evaluate whether dialectical differences among young Spanish-English bilinguals were associated with performance on measures of phonological awareness and reading.