First-born siblings show better second language skills than later born siblings

We examined the extent to which three sibling structure variables number of siblings, birth order and presence of an older sibling at school age are linked to the second language skills of bilingual children. The research questions were tested using an ethnically heterogeneous sample of 1209 bilingu...

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Main Authors: Karin eKeller, Larissa Maria Troesch, Alexander eGrob
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00705/full