Mandarin vocabulary growth, teacher qualifications and teacher talk in child heritage language learners

Volume: 25, Issue: 6, Pages: 1976 - 1991
Published: Nov 3, 2020
Abstract
Teacher talk has been found to significantly affect children’s early language development during shared book reading; however, the mechanism of such influence remains unclear. The current study has zoomed in on vocabulary development in Mandarin as a heritage language (HL) in Singapore kindergartens, 1) exploring the linguistic features (i.e. lexical diversity and syntactic complexity) of these teachers; and 2) investigating the mediation...
Paper Details
Title
Mandarin vocabulary growth, teacher qualifications and teacher talk in child heritage language learners
Published Date
Nov 3, 2020
Volume
25
Issue
6
Pages
1976 - 1991
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