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Christine Fisher Vail – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Usage-based theories of language development underscore the importance of children using language to learn language. Few investigations have applied usage-based theories to dual language learners (DLLs), who comprise a growing share of children attending early education programs in the U.S. Three studies were carried out to investigate the role of…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Language Usage, Spanish, English (Second Language)
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Nancy C. Marencin; Ashley A. Edwards; Nicole Patton Terry – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2024
Purpose: We investigated and compared the outcomes from two standardized, norm-referenced screening assessments of language (i.e., Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals Preschool--Second Edition [CELFP-2], Diagnostic Evaluation of Language Variation--Screening Test [DELV-ST]) with African American preschoolers whose spoken dialect differed…
Descriptors: African American Students, Preschool Children, Black Dialects, Diagnostic Tests