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Bilingual advantages in early foreign language learning: Effects of the minority and the majority language
Hopp, Holger
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Vogelbacher, Markus
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Kieseier, Teresa
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Thoma, Dieter
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DOI:
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.learninstruc.2019.02.001
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URL:
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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/...
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Document Type:
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Article
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Year of publication:
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2019
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The title of a journal, publication series:
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Learning and Instruction
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Volume:
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61
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Page range:
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99-110
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Place of publication:
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Amsterdam [u.a.]
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Publishing house:
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Elsevier Science
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ISSN:
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0959-4752 , 1873-3263
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Publication language:
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English
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Institution:
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School of Humanities > Anglistik I - Anglistische Linguistik (Tracy 1995-2019)
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Subject:
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400 Language, linguistics
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Keywords (English):
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Bilingualism , Foreign language learning , Proficiency , Achievement
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Abstract:
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This longitudinal study tests effects of minority and majority-language proficiency in the early foreign language learning of English in German primary schools. In a study with monolingual German and bilingual students who speak a minority language at home (N = 200), we find that the bilingual group scores lower than the monolingual group overall, yet bilingual students outperform monolingual German students in vocabulary and grammar in early foreign language learning, once socio-economic factors are controlled for. Vocabulary in the minority language acts as a significant predictor for early achievement in the foreign language for bilingual students. However, positive effects of bilingualism abate from grades 3 to 4, and proficiency in the majority language emerges as a significant predictor of English vocabulary. This change suggests that bilingual advantages wither unless they are explicitly fostered by teachers and educators.
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Hopp, Holger
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Vogelbacher, Markus
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Kieseier, Teresa
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Thoma, Dieter
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Vogelbacher, Markus
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Kieseier, Teresa
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Hopp, Holger, Vogelbacher, Markus, Kieseier, Teresa  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8112-0682 and Thoma, Dieter ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6984-623X
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