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Peer reviewedAmbert, Alba N. – Journal of Reading, Writing, and Learning Disabilities International, 1986
The study examined the expressive language, receptive language, and articulation skills of 30 Spanish speaking Puerto Rican children (ages 5-12 years) with language disorders (identified by fluent Spanish speaking evaluators). Results indicated both structural and pragmatic difficulties with little impact of English on their language development.…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Expressive Language, Language Acquisition, Language Handicaps
Peer reviewedPena, Elizabeth; Bedore, Lisa M.; Rappazzo, Christina – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2003
A study compared 47 Spanish-speaking, predominantly English-speaking, and Spanish-English bilingual children's performance on a battery of semantic tasks. Children in all three groups achieved similar average levels of performance. The profiles of bilingual children in each language were somewhat different from those of the other children.…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Elementary Education, Expressive Language, Hispanic Americans
Download full textGottlieb, Margo H. – 1985
A research project investigated communicative language skills and the academic proficiency of native English speakers and limited-English-speaking (LEP) elementary school students. The subjects were 304 native English speakers and bilingual program participants, speakers of Lao and Spanish. The data are derived from a locally developed assessment…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Communicative Competence (Languages), Comparative Analysis
Puerto Rico State Dept. of Education, Hato Rey. Office of Special Education. – 1989
The basic special education curriculum of the Department of Public Instruction of Puerto Rico is designed so that the skills defined can be used to attend to the needs of children with disabilities. This teacher's guide, in Spanish, presents a basic language curriculum to help the child develop the ability to communicate effectively. It includes…
Descriptors: Child Development, Communication (Thought Transfer), Disabilities, Elementary Education
