Natalia Ganuza|Christina Hedman
The Impact of Mother Tongue Instruction on the Development of Biliteracy: Evidence from Somali–Swedish Bilinguals
Stockholm University|Stockholm University
study investigates participation mother tongue instruction henceforth mti impacts biliteracy proficiency young bilinguals drawing examples somaliswedish bilinguals somali mti swedish school context study biliteracy operationalized reading proficiency vocabulary knowledge two languages tested measures word decoding reading comprehension vocabulary breadth depth study designed allow crosssectional longitudinal crosslinguistic analyses data overall results showed participation mti contributed positively participants results somali reading comprehension beyond influence chronological age age arrival reported home language literacy use furthermore higher results somali associated higher results measures swedish particular reading measures sum results indicate mti impact aspects literacy proficiency mother tongue despite restricted time allocated 1 hweek also indicate mti albeit indirectly may benefit stated proficiencies language schooling