Kašćelan, Draško and Prévost, Philippe and Serratrice, Ludovica and Tuller, Laurie and Unsworth, Sharon and De Cat, Cécile (2021) A review of questionnaires quantifying bilingual experience in children: Do they document the same constructs? Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 25 (1). pp. 29-41. DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/s1366728921000390
Kašćelan, Draško and Prévost, Philippe and Serratrice, Ludovica and Tuller, Laurie and Unsworth, Sharon and De Cat, Cécile (2021) A review of questionnaires quantifying bilingual experience in children: Do they document the same constructs? Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 25 (1). pp. 29-41. DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/s1366728921000390
Kašćelan, Draško and Prévost, Philippe and Serratrice, Ludovica and Tuller, Laurie and Unsworth, Sharon and De Cat, Cécile (2021) A review of questionnaires quantifying bilingual experience in children: Do they document the same constructs? Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 25 (1). pp. 29-41. DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/s1366728921000390
Abstract
Questionnaires documenting children's bilingual experience have been used frequently in research on language and cognitive development. However, there has been little investigation of the comparability between these tools. In this review, we (i) provide a list of available questionnaires used to quantify bilingual experience in children; (ii) identify the components of bilingual experience documented across questionnaires; and (iii) discuss the comparability of the measures used to operationalise these components. In doing so, we review 48 questionnaires and identify 32 overarching constructs, manifested as 194 components, and we calculate the frequency with which they are documented. Finally, by focusing on a subset of overarching constructs (language exposure and use, activities, and current language skills), we observe high variability in how they are operationalised across tools. These findings highlight the need for greater transparency in how we document bilingualism and for more comparable measures.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | bilingualism; questionnaires; language and exposure and use; language skills; activities |
Divisions: | Faculty of Science and Health > Health and Social Care, School of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 09 Aug 2024 13:34 |
Last Modified: | 09 Aug 2024 13:34 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/34988 |
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Filename: Kascelan et al. 2021 SOTA paper.pdf
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