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A Longitudinal Study of Language Use during Early Mother-Child Interactions in Spanish-Speaking Families Experiencing Low Income
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Pace, Amy; Rojas, Raúl; Bakeman, Roger; Adamson, Lauren B.; Tamis-LeMonda, Catherine S.; Caughy, Margaret O'Brien; Owen, Margaret Tresch; Suma, Katharine – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2022
Purpose: This longitudinal study assessed continuity and stability of productive language (vocabulary and grammar) and discourse features (turn-taking; asking and responding to questions) during mother-child play. Method: Parent-child language use in 119 Spanish-speaking, Mexican immigrant mothers and their children at two ages (M = 2.5 and 3.6…
Descriptors: Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Interaction, Spanish Speaking
Stancetaking and Heritage Language Production: The Untold Stories of Spoken Spanish among Third-Generation "Receptive" Bilinguals
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Goble, Ryan A. – Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 2020
This article extends two conversations in the heritage language (HL) scholarship: 1) the need to strengthen the linguistic self-confidence among receptive bilinguals (who are typically associated with beginning-level HL students); 2) the need for more critical explorations of receptive bilinguals' self-reported, albeit minimal, spoken Spanish in…
Descriptors: Spanish, Bilingualism, Receptive Language, Self Esteem
Relations of English and Heritage Language Proficiency to Response Inhibition and Attention Shifting in Dual Language Learners in Head Start
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Williams, Aya Inamori; Uchikoshi, Yuuko; Bunge, Silvia A.; Zhou, Qing – Early Education and Development, 2019
This study examined the concurrent relations of English (EL) and heritage language (HL) proficiency to executive functions (EF) among low-income dual language learners (DLLs) from immigrant families. In a sample of 90 children (age = 38-70 months) from Chinese-speaking Chinese American and Spanish-speaking Mexican American families recruited from…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Disadvantaged Youth, Receptive Language, Expressive Language
A Comparison of Two Spanish Tests of Receptive Language
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Rueda, Rubina; Perozzi, Joseph A. – Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 1977
In a comparison study, the receptive portion of the Screening Test of Spanish Grammar and the Spanish version of the Test of Auditory Comprehension of Language were administered to 20 Spanish-speaking Mexican American children (4 to 6-years-old). (Author/IM)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Early Childhood Education, Ethnic Groups, Exceptional Child Research
Mexican American Televison: Applied Anthropology and Public Television
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Eiselein, E. B.; Marshall, Wes – Human Organization, 1976
Fiesta Project provides a classic example of action anthropology in broadcasting. The project involved the research and production of a Spanish language public television series designed to attract, retain, and realistically help a Mexican American audience in southern Arizona. The project used anthropological research in initial program…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Broadcast Television, Community Information Services, Mexican Americans
Effects of Prematurity on the Language Development of Hispanic Infants.
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Montgomery, Gary; And Others – Infant-Toddler Intervention: The Transdisciplinary Journal, 1995
The language development of 12 premature and 12 full-term Mexican American infants was compared at age 22 months. The Sequenced Inventory of Communication Development-Revised revealed that premature infants may acquire language at a slower rate than full-term infants, with expressive language more affected than receptive language skills.…
Descriptors: Expressive Language, Language Acquisition, Language Impairments, Mexican Americans
Assessment of Puerto Rican Children in Bilingual Education Programs in the United States: A Critique of Lloyd M. Dunn's Monograph.
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Diaz, Joseph O. Prewitt – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 1988
Responds to Dunn's paper on Hispanic-Anglo differences in IQ scores. Comments on Dunn's translation of Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised into Castilian Spanish, and concludes this version is inappropriate for mainland Puerto Rican and Mexican-American children due to improper translation and validation methods. Contains 27 references.…
Descriptors: Children, Intelligence Differences, Intelligence Tests, Mexican Americans
When Learning a Second Language Does Not Mean Losing the First: Bilingual Language Development in Low-Income, Spanish-Speaking Children Attending Bilingual Preschool.
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Winsler, Adam; Diaz, Rafael M.; Espinosa, Linda; Rodriguez, James L. – Child Development, 1999
Two studies explored bilingual language-development outcomes of low-income, Spanish-speaking, Mexican-American children who did or did not attend a bilingual preschool. Found that children who attended bilingual preschools, compared to those remaining at home, showed significant and parallel gains in Spanish-language development and in…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Comparative Analysis, Expressive Language