Verbal short-term memory and vocabulary development in monolingual Dutch and bilingual Turkish-Dutch preschoolers

With increasing immigration, bilingualism has become part and parcel of the everyday lives of many children. Although research indicates that under favourable circumstances bilingual children can become balanced bilinguals, especially immigrant children seem to have difficulty coping with the language of schooling. In the current thesis, 67 Turkish-Dutch immigrant children and 72 Dutch native speakers were followed during their kindergarten years and tested at 4, 5 and 6 years of age. For most Turkish immigrant children in the Netherlands, Turkish is their home language and school enrolment at... Mehr ...