Impacts of the COVID-19 disruption on the language and literacy development of monolingual and heritage bilingual children in the United States.

ABSTRACT: Children who speak one language at home and a different language at school may be at higher risk of falling behind in their academic achievement when schooling is disrupted. The present study examined the effects of COVID-19-related school disruptions on English language and literacy development among monolingual and bilingual children in the US. All children attended English-only schools that implemented varied forms of virtual and hybrid schooling during the pandemic. Pre-COVID-19 and during-COVID-19 examinations were conducted with 237 children (M(SD) _age  = 7.78 (1.54) at Time 1) from relatively high SES homes, including 95 monolinguals, 75 Spanish-English and 67 Chinese-English bilinguals. The findings revealed different impacts of COVID-19 school disru

SUBMITTER: Sun X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9676889 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature