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Lopez, Lisa M. – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2012
The developmental progression hypothesis for phonological awareness states that children perform better on lower level tasks and has been addressed mainly in the literature with children beginning at age 5. In addition, there has been a limited amount of research done regarding the performance of dual-language learners younger than age 5 on…
Descriptors: Phonology, Language Acquisition, Phonological Awareness, Bilingualism
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Paez, Mariela M.; Tabors, Patton O.; Lopez, Lisa M. – Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 2007
This article describes oral language and early literacy skills in Spanish and English for a sample of 319 bilingual children in Massachusetts and Maryland (ECS) and a comparison group of 144 monolingual Spanish-speaking children in Puerto Rico (PRC). Children were assessed as they entered and exited pre-kindergarten programs. Data collection…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Skills, Preschool Children, Oral Language
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Lopez, Lisa M.; Greenfield, Daryl B. – NHSA Dialog, 2004
This study measured the English and Spanish language proficiency and phonological sensitivity skills of Hispanic children who attended Head Start. Its primary objective was to determine the relationship between language proficiency and phonological sensitivity in English and Spanish independently, and whether this relationship differed in English…
Descriptors: Second Languages, Disadvantaged Youth, Preschool Children, Language Skills