Dr Beth O’Brien co-publishes a journal article in the Journal of Research in Reading

Dr Beth O’Brien, Deputy Centre Director at the Centre for Research in Child Development (CRCD), co-wrote a journal article titled “Bilingual families and the home literacy environment: An examination of English and ethnic language activities and outcomes” in the Journal of Research in Reading. The article explores more on the home literacy environment (HLE) and how it has a potent and early influence on children's language and literacy development. However, there is a more limited understanding of HLE and its contribution to children's outcomes for simultaneous bilingual children exposed to two languages at home, particularly in the Asian context. In this study with a subsample from the SKIP project, HLE and child outcomes were examined in two languages. Results show differences across the languages in terms of patterns of HLE and HLE contributions to bilingual outcomes.