Naslov
Comparing the effects of bilingualism and second language learning on automaticity in reading

Autori
Vujnović Malivuk, Kristina ; Palmović, Marijan

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
DUCOG 2014: Language and Conceptual Development / - Budimpešta : CECOG, 2014, 34-34

Skup
VI. Dubrovnik Conference in Cognitive Science

Mjesto i datum
Dubrovnik, Hrvatska, 22.05.2014. - 24.05.2014

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
bilingualism; automaticity in reading; second language learning

Sažetak
The present study aims to investigate the scope of bilingual and second language automaticity in reading. More specifically, it aims to define whether different levels of bilingual language proficiency produce differences in automaticity in reading in the weaker language. We tested three groups of high school children: the first group were Croatian German early bilinguals, the second group were Croatian native speakers who started learning German in primary school and were currently enrolled in a German immersion programme at school and the third group were Croatian native speakers who started learning German in primary school and were currently learning German as a subject at school. We tested the participants on a modified version of the Stroop test in which they were presented with pictures of an animal or an object with names of an animal or an object written over the picture. The names of the objects and animals were written in one of the two languages: Croatian or German and were either congruent or incongruent. The four conditions were presented randomly. We found the Stroop effect for all three groups in Croatian language and the Croatian German early bilingual group demonstrated the Stroop effect in German language as well.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Psihologija, Filologija

POVEZANOST RADA