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Area of Science:

  • Linguistics
  • Psycholinguistics
  • Bilingualism Studies

Background:

  • Bilingualism research often focuses on minority language contexts.
  • Understanding writing skills in bilinguals within two-majority language environments is crucial.
  • Adolescent language development presents unique challenges and opportunities.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the writing abilities of English-French bilingual (EFbil) adolescents in a two-majority language setting.
  • To compare the writing skills of EFbil adolescents with French near-monolinguals (FL1).
  • To explore factors predicting text quality in bilingual adolescent writing.

Main Methods:

  • Participants: 26 EFbil adolescents and 12 FL1 adolescents (12-17 years).
  • Task: Writing image descriptions in French (both groups) and English (EFbil group).
  • Analysis: Between-group and within-group comparisons of syntax, errors, and productivity; multiple regression for predictors of text quality.

Main Results:

  • EFbil adolescents and FL1 showed similar syntactic performance and productivity in French.
  • EFbil adolescents produced more errors in French than in English, but overall error-to-productivity ratios were high for both groups.
  • French exposure, syntactic measures, and reading time predicted French text quality, with a low error-to-productivity ratio being the strongest predictor.

Conclusions:

  • Comparable French school exposure ensures similar syntactic writing performance between bilinguals and monolinguals.
  • Bilinguals in a two-majority language context can maintain strong writing skills in their first language (English) due to environmental exposure.
  • Writing quality is linked to both content generation and adherence to language conventions (spelling and grammar).