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The role of socioemotional wellbeing difficulties and adversity in the L2 acquisition of first-generation refugee children
(Cambridge University Press, 2022-05-16)
First-generation refugee children often experience pre- and post-migration adversity and display
high levels of mental health/wellbeing difficulties, but to date, research has not examined the
impact of such factors on ...
Morphosyntactic Development in First Generation Arabic—English Children: The Effect of Cognitive, Age, and Input Factors over Time and across Languages
(MDPI, 2021)
This longitudinal study examined morphosyntactic development in the heritage Arabic-L1
and English-L2 of first-generation Syrian refugee children (mean age = 9.5; range = 6–13) within their first three years in Canada. ...
Sources of variation at the onset of bilingualism: The differential effect of input factors, AOA, and cognitive skills on HL Arabic and L2 English syntax
(Cambridge University Press, 2022)
Despite growing research on individual differences in child bilinguals, few studies have
focused on the development of syntax, included both languages, and studied newly
arrived school-age migrant children. Accordingly, ...
Age, Experience and Language and Literacy Skills in English- Arabic Speaking Syrian Refugees
(MDPI, 2023)
Although age of acquisition (AoA) is frequently used when examining the endpoint of second language (L2) learning, it is rarely used to examine the initial phases of L2 acquisition. The present study provided a unique look ...
The interplay between syntactic and morphological comprehension in heritage contexts: The case of relative clauses in heritage Syrian Arabic
(Cambridge University Press, 2023)
Previous studies show that even though monolingual children find subject relatives easier
than object relatives, their comprehension of object relatives can be facilitated by
morphological cues. Given that in heritage ...
Interdependence between L1 and L2: The case of Syrian children with refugee backgrounds in Canada and the Netherlands
(Cambridge University Press, 2021)
Children who are refugees become bilingual in circumstances that are often challenging
and that can vary across national contexts. We investigated the second language (L2) syntactic skills of Syrian children aged 6-12 ...