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Tanya L. Flores; Maison Evensen-Martinez – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2024
The current study examines the bilingual language development of twelve young children. We focus on the use of Spanish as a heritage language among the children while they learn English in an English-majority environment. Data was collected in English and Spanish four times over the first two years of formal schooling. The study focuses on oral…
Descriptors: Spanish Speaking, English Language Learners, Bilingualism, English (Second Language)
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De Anda, Stephanie; Cycyk, Lauren M.; Moore, Heather; Huerta, Lidia; Larson, Anne L.; King, Marika – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2022
Purpose: Despite the increasing population of dual language learners (DLLs) in the United States, vocabulary measures for young DLLs have largely relied on instruments developed for monolinguals. The multistudy project reports on the psychometric properties of the English--Spanish Vocabulary Inventory (ESVI), which was designed to capture unique…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Bilingualism, Psychometrics, Toddlers
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Ye Shen; J. Marc Goodrich – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2024
Spanish-speaking students constitute the largest subgroup of emergent bilingual (EB) students in the United States. Using longitudinal data on a nationally representative sample of Spanish-English EBs, we explore profiles of English reading trajectories and how early individual differences (i.e., early Spanish reading and English oral proficiency)…
Descriptors: Transfer of Training, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Davis, Alexandra Nicole; Qi, Cathy Huaqing – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2020
We examined the relations between language skills and behavior problems and whether social skills mediated these relations among preschool children enrolled in Head Start programs. Participants included 242 preschool children and their parents in Head Start programs. Over a 2-year period, parents and teachers reported children's behavior problems…
Descriptors: Language Skills, Interpersonal Competence, Behavior Problems, Preschool Children
Peredo, Tatiana Nogueira; Dillehay, Kelsey Maria; Kaiser, Ann P. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2020
Evidence-based treatments for young children with developmental language delays include caregiver-implemented naturalistic interventions. However, there is little research on culturally appropriate interventions for Spanish-speaking caregivers from low-socioeconomic status (SES) households and their young children with identified language delays.…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Child Caregivers, Caregiver Child Relationship, Young Children
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Guiberson, Mark – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2016
The purpose of this preliminary study was to (a) examine relationships between the symbolic and language skills of a mixed (developmental language disordered [DLD] and typical language [TL]) Spanish-speaking sample; (b) describe gesture, play, and language skills of DLD and TL groups; (c) compare the development between groups; and (d) explore…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Spanish Speaking, Nonverbal Communication, Play
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Halpin, Emily; Melzi, Gigliana – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2021
The purpose of this study was to explore the use of code-switching in the narratives of dual-language Latino preschoolers, specifically by examining its incidence, types, functions, and grammaticality. Previous work has investigated code-switching in younger children and in older children and adults, but relatively little work has investigated…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Bilingualism, Language Usage, Personal Narratives
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Bunta, Ferenc; Douglas, Michael; Dickson, Hanna; Cantu, Amy; Wickesberg, Jennifer; Gifford, René H. – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2016
Background: There is a critical need to understand better speech and language development in bilingual children learning two spoken languages who use cochlear implants (CIs) and hearing aids (HAs). The paucity of knowledge in this area poses a significant barrier to providing maximal communicative outcomes to a growing number of children who have…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Hearing Impairments, Assistive Technology, Hispanic Americans
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Lonigan, Christopher J.; Goodrich, J. Marc; Farver, JoAnn M. – Developmental Psychology, 2018
Despite acknowledgment that language-minority children come from a wide variety of home language backgrounds and have a wide range of proficiency in their first (L1) and second (L2) languages, it is unknown whether differences across language-minority children in relative and absolute levels of proficiency in L1 and L2 predict subsequent…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Emergent Literacy, Language Minorities, At Risk Students
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Bengochea, Alain; Sembiante, Sabrina F.; Gort, Mileidis – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2018
In this case study, situated in a preschool classroom within an early childhood Spanish/English dual language programme, we examine how an emergent bilingual child engages with multimodal resources to participate in sociodramatic play discourses. Guided by sociocultural and critical discourse perspectives on multimodality, we analysed ways in…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Play, Second Language Learning, Code Switching (Language)
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McWayne, Christine M.; Melzi, Gigliana; Limlingan, Maria Cristina; Schick, Adina – Developmental Psychology, 2016
For the 5 million low-income Latino children in the United States who are disproportionately impacted by the numerous risk factors associated with poverty, it is essential to identify proximal protective factors that mitigate these risks and bolster the academic and social skills that are foundational to a successful transition into formal…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Hispanic American Students, Low Income Students, Family Involvement
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Solari, Emily J.; Zucker, Tricia A.; Landry, Susan H.; Williams, Jeffrey M. – Early Education and Development, 2016
With increased demand for improved early childhood education services, it is important to better understand the essential professional development resources that have the greatest impact on both teacher and child outcomes. This study compared the effectiveness of two teacher-training models in bilingual Migrant and Seasonal Head Start and Head…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Preschool Teachers, Early Childhood Education, Training Methods
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Bunta, Ferenc; Douglas, Michael – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2013
Purpose: The present study investigated the effects of supporting both English and Spanish on language outcomes in bilingual children with hearing loss (HL) who used listening devices (cochlear implants and hearing aids). The English language skills of bilingual children with HL were compared to those of their monolingual English-speaking peers'…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Spanish, English (Second Language), Hearing Impairments
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Ribot, Krystal M.; Hoff, Erika – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2014
Relations between bilingual children's patterns of conversational code-switching (responding to one language with another), the balance of their dual language input, and their expressive and receptive proficiency in two languages were examined in 115 2½-year-old simultaneous Spanish-English bilinguals in the U.S. Children were more likely to…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Code Switching (Language), Expressive Language, English (Second Language)
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Kraemer, Robert; Fabiano-Smith, Leah – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2017
The researchers examined how speech-language pathologists (SLPs) in a small northern California school district assessed Spanish speaking English learning (EL) Latino children suspected of language impairments. Specifically we sought to (1) determine whether SLPs adhered to federal, state, and professional guidelines during initial assessments and…
Descriptors: Speech Language Pathology, Allied Health Personnel, Language Tests, Diagnostic Tests
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