UCL Discovery
UCL home » Library Services » Electronic resources » UCL Discovery

Home Literacy Environment and English as A Second Language Acquisition: A Meta-analysis

Dong, Y; Chow, BWY; (2022) Home Literacy Environment and English as A Second Language Acquisition: A Meta-analysis. Language Learning and Development 10.1080/15475441.2021.2003197. (In press). Green open access

[thumbnail of Chow_15475441.2021.2003197.pdf]
Preview
PDF
Chow_15475441.2021.2003197.pdf - Published Version

Download (1MB) | Preview

Abstract

This paper is a quantitative synthesis of research on home literacy environment (HLE) and children’s English as a second language (ESL) learning outcomes through a meta-analysis of 18 articles in kindergarten, primary, and secondary school students (N = 4401) carried out between 2000 and 2018. It examines the associations between HLE factors and children’s ESL performance. Results showed the effect sizes between HLE factors and children’s ESL performance was small to moderate. Family members shared a similar effect size on children’s ESL performance. Parental literacy teaching behaviors have stronger effects on children’s ESL ability than parental beliefs on their children’s English learning and the availability of learning resources at home. These results highlight the importance of HLE and indicate the relative contributions of specific HLE factors on children’s ESL acquisition.

Type: Article
Title: Home Literacy Environment and English as A Second Language Acquisition: A Meta-analysis
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1080/15475441.2021.2003197
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1080/15475441.2021.2003197
Language: English
Additional information: This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
UCL classification: UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences > Language and Cognition
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10144115
Downloads since deposit
222Downloads
Download activity - last month
Download activity - last 12 months
Downloads by country - last 12 months

Archive Staff Only

View Item View Item