Language and cognitive development in children who grow up in multilingual/multicultural environment

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24402043
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 海外学術
• Research Field: Educational psychology
• Research Institution: Tokyo Gakugei University
• Principal Investigator: Matsui Tomoko 東京学芸大学, 国際教育センター, 教授 (20296792)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): Gondo Keiko 共立女子大学, 家政学部, 教授 (90299967)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): Inada Motoko 立教大学, 文学部, 兼任講師 (90232511)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 日英バイリンガル児童生徒 / 多言語多文化 / 言語発達 / 学習言語

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Patterns of language development are diversifying for children who move across cultures in their infancy or early childhood and grow up in environments where the home and societal language differ. The aim of the present study was to provide preliminary data on the language development of Japanese children in their preschool or early schools years within a multicultural and multilingual environment, as well as their parents’ approach to education and language acquisition. This study specifically targeted Japanese families residing in a district in the United States where there is a variety of educational opportunities in Japanese and English.

Free Research Field

教育心理学