Authors: Patricia A. Tingley¹; Katherine A. Dore²; Anita Lopez³; Heather Parsons⁴; Elizabeth Campbell⁵; Elizabeth Kay-Raining Bird⁶; Patricia Cleave⁶

Source: Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, Volume 33, Number 3, May 2004 , pp. 263-287(25)

Publisher: Springer

Abstract:

This 2-year study examined the effects of early second language exposure on phonological awareness skills. Syllable, onset-rime and phoneme awareness skills of 72 anglophone children attending English or French immersion programs in primary and grade 1 were investigated. Three-way mixed ANOVAS revealed the following effects and interactions. In terms of grade effect, grade 1 students performed significantly better than primary students on phoneme and onset-rime tasks. A stimulus language effect was observed for the three levels of phonological awareness. All children performed better on English tasks than on French ones. Interaction effects of stimulus language by program were revealed for phoneme as well as syllable tasks. Posthoc analyses revealed that French students performed better on English phoneme and syllable tasks than on French, while English students performed better than French immersion students on French syllable tasks. Correlational analyses revealed significant relationships between reading and phoneme and onset-rime phonological awareness tasks regardless of program of instruction (English, French immersion) or language of reading test (English, French). Syllable awareness was only significantly correlated with the French non-word reading task for the French immersion students.

Keywords: immersion; phonological awareness; reading; child development; french immersion; english; primary; grade 1; phonological awareness

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/B:JOPR.0000027965.77686.1b

Affiliations: 1: Nova Scotia Hearing and Speech Centres, Halifax, NS; 5657 Spring Garden Road, Park Lane Terraces, Suite 201, Box 112, Halifax, NS B3J 3R4. : triciatingley@hotmail.com, Email: triciatingley@hotmail.com 2: Peel Preschool Speech and Language Services, Brampton, ON 3: Commission de Scolaire de Montreal, Montreal, QC 4: Summit School, Montreal, QC 5: River Valley Health Extramural Programme, Perth Andover, NB 6: Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS

Publication date: 2004-05-01

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