Starting on unequal footing: an investigation into the effects of home language on academic performance

• Main Author: Leong, Alyssa Mann Yee
• Other Authors: Tan Ying Ying
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2023
• Subjects: Humanities::Linguistics
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/165178
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Past research suggests language and academic achievement are closely related. Notably, students exposed to the language of instruction at home tend to fare better academically than their peers who do not. Granted, this relationship has been ambiguous and laden with complexities, from students’ socio...