TY  - JOUR
TI  - Longitudinal effects of second language on first language narrative skills and executive functions of preschool children
AB  - The present study investigated the longitudinal effects of early exposure to L2-English on L1-Turkish languagecompetence, narrative skills and executive functioning. We asked whether early immersion-like exposure to L2,starting around 3 years of age, would have reflections on L1 competence, L1 narrative skills and gains in cognitiveflexibility. Thirty 4-year-olds attending two types of preschools participated in the study: L1-preschools (N=12)with Turkish instruction and L2-preschools (N=18) where children were exposed only to English (6 hrs)throughout the day. Children were initially tested at time 1 (T1) at age 4 and at time 2 (T2), a year later when theywere 5. At T1, results revealed that children attending L2-preschools displayed no differences in executivefunctions performance compared to children in L1-preschools. Likewise, there were no differences for L1competence as well as L1 narrative skills. At T2, however, for L1 narrative skills, children attending L1-preschoolsdisplayed significantly higher performance compared to peers in L2-preschools. For executive functioning againthere were no differences between the participants. The differences in narrative competence at T2 might indicatethat children in L2-preschools lack sufficient input in story telling in L1 to support narrative competence. Forfuture consideration how literacy acquisition would interact with the effects of L2 exposure should also beinvestigated.© 2020 JLLS and the Authors - Published by JLLS.
AU  - AKTAN-ERCIYES, ASLI
DO  - 10.17263/jlls.712638
PY  - 2020
JO  - Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies
VL  - 16
IS  - 1
SN  - 1305-578X
SP  - 42
EP  - 58
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/394897
ER  -