Lisa M. Bedore|Elizabeth D. Peña|Zenzi M. Griffin|J. Gregory Hixon
Effects of Age of English Exposure, Current Input/Output, and grade on bilingual language performance
The University of Texas at Austin|The University of Texas at Austin|The University of Texas at Austin|The University of Texas at Austin
study evaluates effects age exposure english aoee current inputoutput language performance crosssectional sample spanishenglish bilingual children first n 586 thirdgraders n 298 spanned wide range bilingual language experience participated parents teachers provided information english spanish language use short tests semantic morphosyntactic development spanish english used quantify childrens knowledge language significant interactions aoee current inputoutput children third grade english grades spanish english relationship aoee language scores linear first thirdgraders spanish nonlinear relationship observed discuss much variance accounted aoee current inputoutput