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Self-Concepts in Reading and Spelling among Mono- and Multilingual Children: Extending the Bilingual Advantage
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In: Behavioral Sciences ; Volume 9 ; Issue 4 (2019)
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Cognitive representations and beliefs are what comprise an individual&rsquo ; s self-concept. A positive self-concept is related to and influences academic achievement, and the relationship between a domain-specific self-concept and achievement in the same domain is positive and strong. However, insufficient attention has been paid to these issues among multilingual children. More importantly, since instruction strongly contributes to the development of metacognition and executive functions (EFs), and since the bilingual advantage hypothesis holds that the constant management of multiple languages entails benefits for EF, we bring together these important issues in the present study. We examine the relationship between domain-specific self-concepts and standardized assessment of reading and spelling competences against the background of potential differences in self-concept between monolingual and multilingual German children. While between-group comparisons revealed no significant differences for self-concept nor reading competency, monolinguals outperformed multilinguals in spelling. Correlations between domain-specific self-concepts and academic achievement in reading comprehension, reading fluency, and spelling were positive and significant for both groups. Regardless of language background, children&rsquo ; s evaluations of their academic achievement (reading and spelling) were realistic. We argue, on a theoretical basis, that metacognition and EFs could facilitate a bilingual advantage and improve educational outcomes.
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academic achievement; domain-specific self-concept; executive functions; metacognition; multilingual children; reading comprehension; reading fluency; spelling
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URL: https://doi.org/10.3390/bs9040039
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Α psycholinguistic approach to dyslexia. Exploring executive functions in dyslexia: A literature review ...
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Pilot study of executive functions in elderly adults in care homes
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Prevalence of Autistic-Like Traits in General Population Bilingual and Monolingual Samples and Their Effect on Cognition and Metaphor Processing/Interpretation
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Kašćelan, Draško. - : University of Cambridge, 2019. : Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, 2019. : Trinity, 2019
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The effect of bilingualism on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)-related behaviour, ADHD symptoms, and executive functions in a general primary school population
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Executive functioning in the classroom: Primary school teachers’ experiences of neuropsychological issues and reports
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Bilingualism effects on executive functioning: the case of Irish-English and Catalan-Spanish bilinguals
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Verbal fluency development across childhood: normative data from brazilian–portuguese speakers and underlying cognitive processes
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Investigando funções executivas e experiência tradutória na literalidade em tradução
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Integrating bilingualism, verbal fluency, and executive functioning across the lifespan
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The speech-language pathologist's role in supporting the development of self-regulation: A review and tutorial
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In: Communication Sciences and Disorders Publications (2019)
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Le point sur l’avantage cognitif du bilinguisme : deux langues, deux mesures
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The suppression of irrelevant semantic representations in Parkinson's Disease
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