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Bilingual Phonological Awareness: Construct Validation in Grade 1 Spanish-Speaking English Learners
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Khalaf, Shiva; Santi, Kristi L.; Kulesz, Paulina A.; Bunta, Ferenc; Francis, David J. – Grantee Submission, 2019
This study investigated the dimensionality of bilingual phonological awareness (PA) in English and Spanish by replicating a kindergarten model in Grade 1, and presents alternatives to modeling clustered data. English and Spanish tasks were analyzed from previously collected samples totaling 1,586 first grade Spanish-speaking English learners. Four…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Phonological Awareness, Spanish Speaking, Grade 1
Speaking and Reading in Two Languages: On the Identification of Reading and Language Disabilities in Spanish-Speaking English Learners
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Francis, David J.; Rojas, Raúl; Gusewski, Svenja; Santi, Kristi L.; Khalaf, Shiva; Hiebert, Lindsey; Bunta, Ferenc – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2019
Articles in this issue examine (1) the primary sources of variability in reading and language achievement among Spanish-speaking English learners (ELs) in the United States, (2) the extent to which poor performance at the end of grade 2 is identifiable in developmental trajectories beginning in kindergarten, (3) the relations among core reading…
Descriptors: Spanish, English (Second Language), English Language Learners, Reading Achievement
Bilingual Phonological Awareness: Construct Validation in Grade 1 Spanish-Speaking English Learners
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Khalaf, Shiva; Santi, Kristi L.; Kulesz, Paulina A.; Bunta, Ferenc; Francis, David J. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2019
This study investigated the dimensionality of bilingual phonological awareness (PA) in English and Spanish by replicating a kindergarten model in Grade 1, and presents alternatives to modeling clustered data. English and Spanish tasks were analyzed from previously collected samples totaling 1,586 first grade Spanish-speaking English learners. Four…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Phonological Awareness, Spanish Speaking, Grade 1
Speech Production Accuracy and Variability in Monolingual and Bilingual Children with Cochlear Implants: A Comparison to Their Peers with Normal Hearing
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Sosa, Anna V.; Bunta, Ferenc – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2019
Purpose: This study investigates consonant and vowel accuracy and whole-word variability (also called "token-to-token variability" or "token-to-token inconsistency") in bilingual Spanish-English and monolingual English-speaking children with cochlear implants (CIs) compared to their bilingual and monolingual peers with normal…
Descriptors: Assistive Technology, Comparative Analysis, Phonemes, Vowels
Speaking and Reading in Two Languages: On the Identification of Reading and Language Disabilities in Spanish-Speaking English Learners
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Francis, David J.; Rojas, Raúl; Gusewski, Svenja; Santi, Kristi L.; Khalaf, Shiva; Hiebert, Lindsey; Bunta, Ferenc – Grantee Submission, 2019
Articles in this issue examine (1) the primary sources of variability in reading and language achievement among Spanish-speaking English learners (ELs) in the United States, (2) the extent to which poor performance at the end of grade 2 is identifiable in developmental trajectories beginning in kindergarten, (3) the relations among core reading…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Bilingual Students, Reading Difficulties, Language Impairments
Alveolar and Postalveolar Voiceless Fricative and Affricate Productions of Spanish-English Bilingual Children with Cochlear Implants
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Li, Fangfang; Bunta, Ferenc; Tomblin, J. Bruce – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2017
Purpose: This study investigates the production of voiceless alveolar and postalveolar fricatives and affricates by bilingual and monolingual children with hearing loss who use cochlear implants (CIs) and their peers with normal hearing (NH). Method: Fifty-four children participated in our study, including 12 Spanish-English bilingual CI users (M…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Young Children, Spanish, English
The Effects of Dual-Language Support on the Language Skills of Bilingual Children with Hearing Loss Who Use Listening Devices Relative to Their Monolingual Peers
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Bunta, Ferenc; Douglas, Michael – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2013
Purpose: The present study investigated the effects of supporting both English and Spanish on language outcomes in bilingual children with hearing loss (HL) who used listening devices (cochlear implants and hearing aids). The English language skills of bilingual children with HL were compared to those of their monolingual English-speaking peers'…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Spanish, English (Second Language), Hearing Impairments
The Effects of Measures of Language Experience and Language Ability on Segmental Accuracy in Bilingual Children
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Goldstein, Brian A.; Bunta, Ferenc; Lange, Jenny; Rodriguez, Jenny; Burrows, Lauren – American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 2010
Purpose: The present study investigated the effects of selected measures of language experience (parent-reported estimates of frequency of output and language use) and language ability (parent-reported language proficiency and mean length of utterance in words) on the segmental accuracy of Spanish- and English-speaking bilingual children. Method:…
Descriptors: Language Aptitude, Language Enrichment, Language Proficiency, Language Acquisition