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Mandarin Competence of Chinese-English Bilingual Preschoolers
Hock Huan Goh
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Description for Mandarin Competence of Chinese-English Bilingual Preschoolers
Hardback. Num Pages: 258 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMS; 2GDCM; CFDM; JNLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 578.
This book provides readers with a detailed sketch of the Mandarin competence of Chinese children in Singapore from different home language backgrounds. Their Mandarin competence is defined in terms of lexical diversity, syntactic complexity and code-switching tendency. The findings presented show that there are statistical differences in lexical diversity and syntactic complexity among the compared groups of children, and these differences in linguistic competence were found to be positively correlated to increased Mandarin exposure at home. They also demonstrate that there are statistical differences in code-switching tendency among the groups of children compared, which were found to be negatively correlated ... Read more
This book provides readers with a detailed sketch of the Mandarin competence of Chinese children in Singapore from different home language backgrounds. Their Mandarin competence is defined in terms of lexical diversity, syntactic complexity and code-switching tendency. The findings presented show that there are statistical differences in lexical diversity and syntactic complexity among the compared groups of children, and these differences in linguistic competence were found to be positively correlated to increased Mandarin exposure at home. They also demonstrate that there are statistical differences in code-switching tendency among the groups of children compared, which were found to be negatively correlated ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer Verlag, Singapore Singapore
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
Number of Pages
258
Place of Publication
Singapore, Singapore
ISBN
9789811022234
SKU
V9789811022234
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Ref
99-15
About Hock Huan Goh
Hock Huan, GOH is currently Research Counselor to the Directors' Office and a Research Scientist at the Singapore Centre for Chinese Language (SCCL). He obtained his doctorate in education from Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. He began his career in educational research in 2004 and his interests include Chinese language education in multi/bilingual contexts, child Mandarin competence and classroom discourse. ... Read more
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