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Gatlin-Nash, Brandy; Peña, Elizabeth D.; Bedore, Lisa M.; Simon-Cereijido, Gabriela; Iglesias, Aquiles – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2021
Purpose: This study examined the use of African American English (AAE) among a group of young Latinx bilingual children and the accuracy of the English Morphosyntax subtest of the Bilingual English-Spanish Assessment (BESA) in classifying these children with and without developmental language disorder (DLD). Method: Children (N = 81) between the…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Spanish, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Pratt, Amy S.; Anaya, Jissel B.; Ramos, Michelle N.; Pham, Giang; Muñoz, Miriam; Bedore, Lisa M.; Peña, Elizabeth D. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2022
Purpose: Our proof-of-concept study tested the feasibility of virtual testing using child assessments that were originally validated for in-person testing only. Method: Ten adult-child dyads were assigned to complete both in-person and virtual tests of language, cognition, and narratives. Child participants fell between the ages of 4 and 8 years;…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Language Tests, Intelligence Tests, Narration
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Huang, Becky H.; Bedore, Lisa M.; Ramírez, Rica; Wicha, Nicole – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2022
Purpose: The study examined the contributions of Spanish and English oral narrative skills to English reading among 95 early elementary dual language learners (DLLs) from Spanish-speaking homes in the United States. This sample of first- and third-grade DLL children attended Spanish-English dual language immersion programs and received language…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Computational Linguistics, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Squires, Katie E.; Lugo-Neris, Mirza J.; Peña, Elizabeth D.; Bedore, Lisa M.; Bohman, Thomas M.; Gillam, Ronald B. – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2014
Background: To date there is limited information documenting growth patterns in the narratives of bilingual children with and without primary language impairment (PLI). Aims: This study was designed to determine whether bilingual children with and without PLI present similar gains from kindergarten to first grade in the macro- and microstructure…
Descriptors: Story Telling, Bilingualism, Language Impairments, Longitudinal Studies