Browsing BCBL by Author "Saldaña, David"

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      Emergent Bilingualism and Working Memory Development in School Aged Children 

      Hansen, Laura Birke; Macizo, Pedro; Duñabeitia, Jon Andoni; Saldaña, David; Carreiras, Manuel; Fuentes, Luis J.; Bajo, Maria Teresa (Language Learning, 2016)
      The present research explores working memory (WM) development in monolingual as well as emergent bilingual children immersed in an L2 at school. Evidence from recent years suggests that bilingualism may boost domain-general ...
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      Reading comprehension and immersion schooling: evidence from component skills 

      Hansen, Laura Birke; Morales, Julia; Macizo, Pedro; Duñaabeitia, Jon Andoni; Saldaña, David; Carreiras, Manuel; Fuentes, Luis J.; Bajo, Maria Teresa (Developmental Science, 2017)
      The present research aims to assess literacy acquisition in children becoming bilingual via second language immersion in school. We adopt a cognitive components approach, assessing text-level reading comprehension, a ...