Ludo Verhoeven
Early bilingualism, language transfer, and phonological awareness
Radboud University Nijmegen
purpose present study investigate relations early bilingualism phonological awareness sample 75 turkishdutch bilingual kindergarten children living netherlands longitudinal design childrens first l1 second l2 language abilities measured beginning end kindergarten end kindergarten childrens metalinguistic skills within domain phonological awareness also assessed linear structural equation modeling used examine types intralingual languagespecific interlingual languagetransfer processes time addition patterns bilingual development related childrens later phonological awareness examined turkish found dominant language measurement occasions addition expected longitudinal relations evidence transfer l1 l2 two interrelated phonological factors emerged phonotactic awareness phonemic awareness variation two types childrens phonological awareness predicted l1 l2 abilities