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  • Title: Predicting bilingual Spanish-English children's phonological awareness abilities from their preschool English and Spanish oral language.
    Author: Scarpino SE, Lawrence FR, Davison MD, Hammer CS.
    Journal: J Res Read; 2011 Feb 01; 34(1):77-93. PubMed ID: 23258945.
    Abstract:
    This longitudinal study investigated the relationship between oral language abilities and phonological awareness in 85 typically developing, Spanish-English preschool children (average age in preschool was 3 years, 9 months). Receptive language skills in Spanish and English were assessed in the autumn and spring during the children's 2 years in Head Start for a total of four measurement occasions. Phonological awareness was assessed during the spring of children's kindergarten year. Results indicated that English receptive vocabulary at the end of preschool predicted English phonological awareness abilities in kindergarten, whereas Spanish vocabulary was observed to have a negative predictive relationship with children's English phonological awareness abilities. However, after controlling for English vocabulary, Spanish vocabulary no longer had an effect on English phonological awareness. Broad receptive language abilities in English and Spanish did not predict later English phonological awareness skills.
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