This paper reports on two studies on metalinguistic development in bilingual Italian–English and Italian–French children, with the use of the same metalinguistic test in different linguistic versions. The first study, conducted in preschool and primary-level classes in London, involved 118 four- and five-year old children, 64 Italian–English bilinguals and 54 English monolinguals, all belonging to a privileged sociocultural background. Bilinguals significantly outperformed monolinguals irrespective of the linguistic version of the test, Italian or English. The second study involved 101 children, 47 of whom were five-year-old Italian–French bilinguals (31 simultaneous and 16 consecutive), enrolled in a French school in Rome, and 54 were monolinguals. Twenty-seven were monolingual Italians tested in Rome in Italian and 27 were monolingual French, tested in Paris in French. All the participants belonged to a privileged milieu. Again, the bilinguals outperformed the monolinguals irrespective of the linguistic version of the test and of the simultaneous/consecutive distinction.

Développement métalinguistique chez de jeunes enfants bilingues comparés à des monolingues / Pinto, Maria Antonietta; Sonia El, Euch. - ELETTRONICO. - 8:(2017), pp. 95-115. (Intervento presentato al convegno CCERBAL Conference 2016: Bilingue dès la naissance: processus, pédagogie et politique/ Bilingual from birth: processes, pedagogy and policy tenutosi a Ottawa (Canada) nel March 21-24) [10.18192/olbiwp.v8i0.2119].

Développement métalinguistique chez de jeunes enfants bilingues comparés à des monolingues

PINTO, Maria Antonietta;
2017

Abstract

This paper reports on two studies on metalinguistic development in bilingual Italian–English and Italian–French children, with the use of the same metalinguistic test in different linguistic versions. The first study, conducted in preschool and primary-level classes in London, involved 118 four- and five-year old children, 64 Italian–English bilinguals and 54 English monolinguals, all belonging to a privileged sociocultural background. Bilinguals significantly outperformed monolinguals irrespective of the linguistic version of the test, Italian or English. The second study involved 101 children, 47 of whom were five-year-old Italian–French bilinguals (31 simultaneous and 16 consecutive), enrolled in a French school in Rome, and 54 were monolinguals. Twenty-seven were monolingual Italians tested in Rome in Italian and 27 were monolingual French, tested in Paris in French. All the participants belonged to a privileged milieu. Again, the bilinguals outperformed the monolinguals irrespective of the linguistic version of the test and of the simultaneous/consecutive distinction.
2017
CCERBAL Conference 2016: Bilingue dès la naissance: processus, pédagogie et politique/ Bilingual from birth: processes, pedagogy and policy
metalinguistic development; young bilinguals; Italian–English; Italian–French; simultaneous/consecutive
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Développement métalinguistique chez de jeunes enfants bilingues comparés à des monolingues / Pinto, Maria Antonietta; Sonia El, Euch. - ELETTRONICO. - 8:(2017), pp. 95-115. (Intervento presentato al convegno CCERBAL Conference 2016: Bilingue dès la naissance: processus, pédagogie et politique/ Bilingual from birth: processes, pedagogy and policy tenutosi a Ottawa (Canada) nel March 21-24) [10.18192/olbiwp.v8i0.2119].
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