The Differential Evaluation of Psycholinguistic Abilities of Bilingual Children.

Gomez-Fernandez, Domingo E.; And Others

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Publication Date: 1990

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The Differential Evaluation of Psycholinguistic Abilities of Bilingual Children.

Gomez-Fernandez, Domingo E.; And Others

Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, v11 n3 p191-97 1990

A comparison of the performance of age- and intelligence-matched bilingual (n=46) and monolingual (n=38) six- and seven-year olds on the Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities indicated that the bilinguals had significantly inferior performance in tests of the visual-motor channel, analogous auditory-vocal tests, and representative level. (18 references) (Author/CB)

Descriptors: Bilingualism, Child Language, Comparative Analysis, Dialects, Elementary Education, Language Processing, Language Tests, Monolingualism, Psycholinguistics, Spanish

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities

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