The effects of script variation, literacy skills, and immersion experience on executive attention: A comparison of matched monoscriptal and biscriptal bilinguals

• Main Authors: YANG, Sujin, YANG, Hwajin, HARTANTO, Andree
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2019
• Subjects: script variation; literacy skills; bilingualism; executive attention; Attention Network Test (ANT); Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education; Multicultural Psychology
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2692; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3949&context=soss_research
• Institution: Singapore Management University

To examine script effects, monoscriptal Spanish-English (SE) bilinguals, who use two similar Roman alphabetic systems, were compared to biscriptal Chinese-English (CE) bilinguals, who use logographs and Roman alphabets. On the Attention Network Test, script effects were most evident in global proces...