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2025-02-04T06:06:08Z urn:hdl:10256/26132 Heritage language instruction to young immigrants: an in-depth look at the psycholinguistic effects during the simultaneous acquisition of two second languages Senar Morera, Fernando Serrat Sellabona, Isabel Janés, Judit Huguet, Àngel Psicolingüística Immigrants adolescents Bilingüisme Psycholinguistics Teenage immigrants Bilingualism Heritage language speakers Heritage Language Instruction (HLI) is a resource used in many immigration-receiving countries that allows students with an immigrant background to continue to be in contact with their Heritage Language (HL). However, many of the psycholinguistic effects of this instruction are still unknown. This study aims to provide an in-depth view of the effects of HLI on the development of the HL and the languages of the host country. For this purpose, the sample consisted of 108 students (20 HL learners, 88 controls) of Romanian origin who had emigrated to Catalonia. Their language skills in the phonetic, orthographic, morphosyntactic, lexical, and semantic domains were analysed using linear regression statistics and covariance analysis. The results showed that HLI exerted a mitigating effect on HL attrition, as well as a significant improvement of the linguistic competencies in the autochthonous languages. These results indicate that HLI is an effective tool in the psycholinguistic development of immigrant students, capable of facilitating their academic and social performance 2025-02-04T06:06:08Z 2025-02-04T06:06:08Z info:eu-repo/date/embargoEnd/2025-01-28 2023-01-28 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion peer-reviewed http://hdl.handle.net/10256/26132 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1093/applin/amac077 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/issn/0142-6001 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/eissn/1477-450X Tots els drets reservats info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess © Applied Linguistics, 2023, vol. 44, num. 4, p. 658-677 Articles publicats (D-PS) Senar Morera, Fernando Serrat Sellabona, Isabel Janés, Judit Huguet, Àngel 2023 Heritage language instruction to young immigrants: an in-depth look at the psycholinguistic effects during the simultaneous acquisition of two second languages. Applied Linguistics 44 4 658 677