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50 Years of ERIC
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The Relation between Language Experience and Receptive-Expressive Semantic Gaps in Bilingual Children
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Gibson, Todd A.; Peña, Elizabeth D.; Bedore, Lisa M. – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2014
The purpose of the current study was to explore the influence of language experience on the presence of the receptive-expressive gap. Each of 778 Spanish-English bilingual children screened pre-kindergarten in Utah and Texas were assigned to one of five language experience groups, ranging from functionally monolingual to balanced bilingual.…
Descriptors: Correlation, Receptive Language, Expressive Language, Semantics
Parent and Teacher Rating of Bilingual Language Proficiency and Language Development Concerns
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Bedore, Lisa M.; Pena, Elizabeth D.; Joyner, Debbie; Macken, Candace – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2011
Educators of young children, including speech-language pathologists, are often uncertain as to how to effectively work with children from diverse backgrounds because they do not know enough about cultural and linguistic diversity and its impact on language development. The current study helps to address this gap by examining the validity of parent…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Child Language, Speech Language Pathology, Parent Attitudes
What You Hear and What You Say: Language Performance in Spanish-English Bilinguals
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Bohman, Thomas M.; Bedore, Lisa M.; Pena, Elizabeth D.; Mendez-Perez, Anita; Gillam, Ronald B. – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2010
Purpose: This study assesses the factors that contribute to Spanish and English language development in bilingual children. Method: Seven hundred and fifty-seven Hispanic prekindergarten and kindergarten-age children completed screening tests of semantic and morphosyntactic development in Spanish and English. Parents provided information about…
Descriptors: Semantics, Screening Tests, Parent Education, Linguistic Input
Assessment of Bilingual Children for Identification of Language Impairment: Current Findings and Implications for Practice
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Bedore, Lisa M.; Pena, Elizabeth D. – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2008
Children from bilingual backgrounds are sometimes overidentified with language impairment (LI) because educators do not have appropriate developmental expectations. At other times bilingual children are underidentified because educators wait to identify difficulties while children learn the second language. In this review we discuss data on…
Descriptors: Language Impairments, Monolingualism, Language Acquisition, Bilingualism