Development of academic vocabulary across primary school age
Differential growth and influential factors for German monolinguals and language minority learners
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9790100 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anna Volodina (0000-0002-2611-2129, University of Bamberg, corresponding author), Sabine Weinert (0000-0002-8341-9821, University of Bamberg), Katharina Mursin (University of Bamberg) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 922-936 |
| Publication date | 2020-05-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Developmental Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0012-1649 • E-ISSN: 1939-0599 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/dev0000910 |
| PMID | 32162935 |
| OpenAlex | W3011362440 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
Academic language has been shown to significantly contribute to success across school subjects. However, to date, there are no empirical studies addressing its development across primary school age. The present study investigated the growth of academic vocabulary and influential conditions from Grades 2 to 4 based on a newly developed and validated test instrument. Drawing on a German sample of 472 children ( N = 281 language minority learners) we found evidence of a Matthew effect with the group of language minority learners showing both lower initial level and lower growth rates compared to their monolingual peers. In addition, results of simple and full conditional growth curve models underline the significant impact of family background (parental education, books at home) and of children's nonverbal cognitive abilities on the intercept as well as the growth of academic vocabulary, thereby supporting the assumption of an additional Matthew effect according to family background, particularly in monolingual majority language children. Our results indicate the need for an early promotion of the register of academic language in monolingual as well as language minority students. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved)
Academic achievement · Developmental psychology · German · Language development · Latent growth modeling · Linguistics · Mathematics education · MEDLINE · Multilingualism · Pedagogy · Promotion (chess · PsycINFO · Teaching method · Vocabulary · Vocabulary development · Educational Methods and Analysis · Educational Strategies and Epistemologies · Psychology · Reading and Literacy Development
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| Citations per year | 1.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2025 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |