Bilingualism and phonological awareness: Re-examining theories of cross-language transfer and structural sensitivity

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between bilingualism and phonological awareness by re-evaluating structural sensitivity theory and expanding cross-language transfer theory. The study was conducted with three groups of 1st and 2nd graders matched in age, SES and nonverbal IQ: a) monolingual English-speaking children from a general education program, b) native Japanese-speaking children from a Japanese–English two-way...