"¿Cómo estas?" "I'm good." Conversational code-switching is related to profiles of expressive and receptive proficiency in Spanish-English bilingual toddlers

International Journal of Behavioral Development
Krystal M Ribot, Erika Hoff

Abstract

Relations between bilingual children's patterns of conversational code-switching (responding to one language with another), the balance of their dual language input, and their expressive and receptive proficiency in two languages were examined in 115 2½-year-old simultaneous Spanish-English bilinguals in the U.S. Children were more likely to code-switch in response to Spanish than English. Children's expressive vocabulary scores were higher in English than in Spanish, while their English and Spanish receptive language scores were not different. Analyses of subgroups of children with different but consistent patterns of code-switching confirmed that children who code-switched to English showed greater English skills, specifically in the expressive domain. Children who did not code-switch were more balanced bilinguals in both expressive and receptive skills. Children with other code-switching patterns showed still different profiles of dual language expressive and receptive proficiency. These findings reveal that some, but not all, bilingual children show different profiles of expressive and receptive skill in their two languages and that these proficiency profiles are related to their language choices in conversation.

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Citations

Jan 26, 2016·Early Childhood Research Quarterly·Michelle F MaierNatalia A Palacios
Mar 1, 2017·Child Development·Krystal M RibotAndrea Burridge
May 29, 2018·Child Development Perspectives·Erika Hoff
Sep 25, 2018·Frontiers in Psychology·Elena NicoladisSandra A Wiebe
Aug 11, 2020·Bilingualism : Language and Cognition·Olivia KuzykDiane Poulin-Dubois
Feb 23, 2018·Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development·Erika Hoff, Cynthia Core
Aug 6, 2015·International Journal of Speech-language Pathology·Kamelia DennaouiSharon Goldfeld
Jun 9, 2020·Frontiers in Psychology·Megan C Gross, Margarita Kaushanskaya
Feb 9, 2021·Frontiers in Psychology·Anna RivaRenata Nacinovich
Mar 30, 2021·Bilingualism : Language and Cognition·Erin SmolakMargaret Friend
Apr 14, 2021·Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research : JSLHR·Maria KapantzoglouGerasimos Fergadiotis
May 28, 2021·Child Development·Erika HoffCynthia Core

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