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English BESA Morphosyntax Performance among Spanish-English Bilinguals Who Use African American English
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Gatlin-Nash, Brandy; Peña, Elizabeth D.; Bedore, Lisa M.; Simon-Cereijido, Gabriela; Iglesias, Aquiles – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2021
Purpose: This study examined the use of African American English (AAE) among a group of young Latinx bilingual children and the accuracy of the English Morphosyntax subtest of the Bilingual English-Spanish Assessment (BESA) in classifying these children with and without developmental language disorder (DLD). Method: Children (N = 81) between the…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Spanish, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Using Language-Specific and Bilingual Measures to Explore Lexical-Grammatical Links in Young Latino Dual-Language Learners
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Simon-Cereijido, Gabriela; Méndez, Lucía I. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2018
Purpose: This study examined the nature of the relation between language-specific vocabulary and conceptual lexical-semantic skills with grammatical abilities within and across languages in preschool Latino dual language learners (DLLs). Method: Sixty-one typically developing, Spanish-English speaking DLLs from preschools serving low-income…
Descriptors: Vocabulary, Semantics, Grammar, Language Skills
A View of the Lexical-Grammatical Link in Young Latinos with Specific Language Impairment Using Language-Specific and Conceptual Measures
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Méndez, Lucía I.; Simon-Cereijido, Gabriela – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2019
Purpose: This study investigated the nature of the association of lexical-grammatical abilities within and across languages in Latino dual language learners (DLLs) with specific language impairment (SLI) using language-specific and bilingual measures. Method: Seventy-four Spanish/English-speaking preschoolers with SLI from preschools serving…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Correlation, Grammar, Bilingualism
A Cross-Linguistic and Bilingual Evaluation of the Interdependence between Lexical and Grammatical Domains
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Simon-Cereijido, Gabriela; Gutierrez-Clellen, Vera F. – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2009
The purpose of this study was to examine within- and across-language relationships between lexical and grammatical domains by focusing on measures of lexical diversity and grammatical complexity in Spanish and English. One hundred ninety-six preschool and school-aged Latino children with different levels of English and Spanish proficiencies and…
Descriptors: Verbs, Grammar, Bilingualism, Vocabulary
The Discriminant Accuracy of a Grammatical Measure with Latino English-Speaking Children
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Gutierrez-Clellen, Vera F.; Simon-Cereijido, Gabriela – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2007
Purpose: To evaluate the discriminant accuracy of a grammatical measure for the identification of language impairment (LI) in Latino English-speaking children. Specifically, the study examined the diagnostic accuracy of the Test of English Morphosyntax (E-MST; Pena, Gutierrez-Clellen, Iglesias, Goldstein, & Bedore (n.d.) to determine (a)…
Descriptors: Grammar, Dialects, Puerto Ricans, Monolingualism
Evaluating the Discriminant Accuracy of a Grammatical Measure with Spanish-Speaking Children
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Gutierrez-Clellen, Vera F.; Restrepo, M. Adelaida; Simon-Cereijido, Gabriela – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2006
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the discriminant accuracy of a grammatical measure for the identification of language impairment in Latino Spanish-speaking children. The authors hypothesized that if exposure to and use of English as a second language have an effect on the first language, bilingual children might exhibit lower…
Descriptors: Grammar, Spanish Speaking, Language Acquisition, Group Membership