Bilingual Vocabulary Development of Turkish Preschoolers in the Netherlands.

Assessed and compared the development of receptive and productive Dutch and Turkish vocabulary of 31 Turkish immigrant preschool children. Using multivariate analysis of variance for repeated measurements, main and interaction effects of group (Turkish, Dutch working class, and Dutch middle class) and time were tested. Results are interpreted within the framework of Cummins' interdependency hypothesis. (Author/VWL)