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发表于 3-12-2010 12:09:52
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双语学习的两大挑战
* 早期双语孩童对一种语言词汇量的掌握可能少于单语的孩子, 而且双语孩童可能要付出更多的努力。 但 5年级时,两组孩子词汇量上会相近了。双语孩子的总体词汇量大大于单语的。
* 低学年时,双语孩童在有些考试中如口语考试,分数低于单语生,但这些孩子的沟通和理解能力在实际交流时,两种语言运用都很好。高年时,即使考试时,双语孩子已经与单语没有分数上的区别了。
Overcoming challenges of learning two languages
As already mentioned, learning two languages requires more practice than learning one. And that leads to some potential challenges for children in bilingual households.
The first is that it might take more time to develop a large vocabulary in each of the languages. Studies have shown that bilingual children tend to have somewhat smaller vocabularies in each language than classmates who speak only one language. But the reason is simple: they need to learn new words in both languages, instead of just one. That doesn’t mean they know fewer words.
### Some studies suggest that bilingual children actually have a larger overall vocabulary if you count the words they know in both languages. Over time, bilingual children catch up to their single-language peers, and most differences disappear by grade five.
The second challenge is that bilingual children may trail English-only classmates when it comes to specific language tests, at least in the early grades. One research study of nearly 1000 bilingual children showed that they tended to score lower on some oral language tests. But language tests are not the whole picture.
When it came to talking to others and understanding them, bilingual children did well in both languages. And, as with vocabulary, the differences that showed up on the language tests tended to disappear in later grades. |
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