Most bilingual children often display greater proficiency and preference for one of their two languages. Researchers refer to this asymmetry as language dominance. However, despite being possible to determine the overall language dominance in bilinguals, there may be substantial flexibility in their language use. In particular, the relative ease…

High school students labeled as English learners, referred to in this article as emergent bilinguals, participated in a mixed-methods study of their social and emotional well-being. Relationships with school personnel, peer relations, and involvement in support activities were connected to well-being while experiences of microaggressions from…

Assessment is a major part of the United States schooling system. Legal requirements make assessment a large part of practitioner responsibilities. The significance of assessment is, even more, the case for special populations such as bilingual hearing and Deaf and Hard of Hearing students, groups that are often the target of concern for English…