Phonological whole-word measures in bilingual Arabic-English speaking children

• Bassil M. Mashaqba ^[1] ; Khalid Al-Shdifat ^[2] ; Anas I. Al huneety ^[1] ; Mohammad Nour Abu Guba ^[3] ; Hadeel Abdelhadi ^[1]
  1. [1] Hashemite University

     Hashemite University

     Jordania

     
  2. [2] Jordan University of Science and Technology

     Jordan University of Science and Technology

     Jordania

     
  3. [3] Sharjah University, Sharjah, UAE

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• Localización: International journal of bilingual education and bilingualism, ISSN 1367-0050, Vol. 28, Nº. 2, 2025, págs. 182-196
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.1080/13670050.2024.2415691
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• Resumen

  • This study investigated phonological whole-word measures in bilingual Arabic-English speakers to explore how the target approximations influence children’s phonological development. To this end, fifteen bilingual Arabic-English speakers and nine monolingual Arabic-speaking children aged 36–48 months (mean = 42) participated in a parent–child conversation. The study calculated four measures: the phonological mean length of utterance (PMLU), the proportion of whole-word proximity (PWP), the proportion of whole-word correctness (PWC), and the percentage consonant accuracy (PCC). The findings revealed significant differences in each measure between bilinguals and monolinguals. It seems that bilinguals’ lower scores resulted from a decreased rate of language exposure, but not because of slow language acquisition and development.

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