Parents’ Perceptions of Children’s Bi-/Multilingualism

• Authors: Zofia Chłopek , Jacek Pradela

Abstracts

EN

Nowadays, many children all over the world are raised with more than one native language. The aim of the present study was to investigate how parents/caregivers evaluate the language competences of children growing up with two or more languages from birth or from very early in life. The results indicate that the language skills of young bi-/multilinguals are generally perceived to be comparable to those of their monolingual peers, though they are typically asymmetrical. Cross-linguistic influence is a common phenomenon which does not raise parents’ concern. The outcomes also point to certain factors which may shape children’s language competences.

Keywords

EN

early bilingualism and multilingualism; native language acquisition; cross-linguistic influence

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
• Journal: Theory and Practice of Second Language Acquisition
• Year: 2024
• Volume: 10
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 1-20

Dates

published

2024

Contributors

author

Zofia Chłopek

• University of Bialystok

• https://orcid.org/0000000153248710

author

Jacek Pradela

• Silesian University of Technology

• https://orcid.org/0000000220794253

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Identifiers

DOI

10.31261/TAPSLA.14547

Biblioteka Nauki

59498096