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Bilingualism and Academic Social Development Principal Investigator: Wen-Jui Han |
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The aim of the proposed study is to investigate the academic and socioemotional trajectories from kindergarten to fifth grade for children with different language abilities at kindergarten entry. This study will examine (1) what role if any bilingualism plays in children’s academic and socioemotional developmental trajectories during their early school years, and (2) whether the school environment makes a difference in these trajectories for children with different language abilities. Answering these questions will bridge an existing knowledge gap, especially in terms of the influence of the school context. The Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten cohort (ECLS-K) is used, which includes a large, contemporary cohort of children who entered kindergarten in the 1998/1999 school year and who have since been followed longitudinally through fifth grade. Growth-curve modeling will be used to evaluate the academic and socioemotional trajectories of children with different language use patterns. |