A large receptive–expressive gap in bilingual children

A large receptive–expressive gap in bilingual children

The present study focuses on the discrepancy between receptive and expressive language competence among bilingual children and tests possible explanatory factors of this gap. The sample consisted of 406 bilingual children with German as their second language (L2) and 46 different first languages. Re...

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Main Authors: Karin eKeller, Larissa Maria Troesch, Alexander eGrob
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
bilingualism
Expressive language
receptive language
second language
Language exposure
receptive–expressive gap
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01284/full

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