This presentation examines how home biliteracy environments shape the bilingual vocabulary development of children growing up with Chinese and English in Canada. Drawing on a three-year longitudinal study, the analysis traces receptive vocabulary trajectories across both languages and considers the influence of language background, socioeconomic status, and gender. The talk highlights how everyday family practices, including shared reading, parental input, access to print materials, and digital media use, contribute to vocabulary growth in both English and Chinese. By positioning the home as a critical site of language learning, the study highlights the importance of family literacy practices in fostering bilingual development and offers implications for early literacy interventions, parental engagement, and educational policy in multilingual contexts.
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