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Casillas, Joseph V.; Simonet, Miquel – Second Language Research, 2016
This study investigates how fluent second-language (L2) learners of English produce and perceive the /ae/-/?/ vowel contrast of Southwestern American English. Two learner groups are examined: (1) early, proficient English speakers who were raised by Spanish-speaking families but who became dominant in English during childhood and, as adults, lack…
Descriptors: Pronunciation, Auditory Perception, Phonetics, Spanish
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Valdez, Carmen R.; Mills, Monique T.; Bohlig, Amanda J.; Kaplan, David – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2013
This person-centered study examines the extent to which parents' language dominance influences the effects of an after school, multi-family group intervention, FAST, on low-income children's emotional and behavioral outcomes via parents' relations with other parents and with school staff. Social capital resides in relationships of trust and shared…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Language Dominance, Social Capital, Path Analysis