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Language Proficiency and Sustained Attention in Monolingual and Bilingual Children with and without Language Impairment

Frontiers in Psychology, 2017
Background: The language profiles of children with language impairment (LI) and bilingual children can show partial, and possibly temporary, overlap. The current study examined the persistence of this overlap over time.
Tessel Boerma, Paul Leseman, Frank Wijnen, Elma Blom   +3 more
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Shared Reading Activities: A Recommendation For Deaf Children [PDF]

, 2015
There should be a focus on fun in shared reading activities with preschoolers in order to prepare them for later literacy, particularly those at risk of a poor foundation in a first language (L1), including deaf children (here “deaf” covers hard of ...
Mirus, G., Napoli, Donna Jo
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Non-word repetition test: research into Lithuanian monolingual and Lithuanian-English bilingual children

Taikomoji kalbotyra, 2014
The majority of studies comparing the language development of monolingual and bilingual children have found that bilinguals’ lexicon in each language is smaller than that of a comparable monolingual age-peers (Pearson et al. 1997; Werker et. al.
Eglė Krivickaitė
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Neurocognitive and linguistic development in bilingual children: a cross-sectional study on the impact of dual language exposure in 100 Egyptian children

Middle East Current Psychiatry
Background Bilingual children have better language development and cognitive function. Examining these impacts in an Egyptian setting sheds light on the potential implications of dual language exposure on cognitive results.
Rasha Sami, Maha Ahmed
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Schooling Inequality among the Indigenous: A Problem of Resources or Language Barriers? [PDF]

Using large household data sets from rural Mexican communities, where a majority of indigenous people live, we analyze the potential explanatory factors for low educational attainment of indigenous children.
Graciela Teruel, Luis Rubalcava, Susan W. Parker   +2 more
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The bilingual mind...simultaneous and sequential processing and spelling ability in monolingual English and bilingual Afrikaans-English children [PDF]

, 2007
Student Number : 0006815V - MA research report - School of Human and Community Development - Faculty of HumanitiesIn South Africa, the majority of children are bilingual and little research exists on the cognitive processes bilingual children use ...
De Sousa, Diana Soares
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Providing Language Services in Small Health Care Provider Settings: Examples From the Field [PDF]

, 2005
Assesses recent innovations in language service programs and activities at healthcare provider settings with ten or fewer clinicians.
Jane Perkins, Mara Youdelman
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Preschool Predictors of Kindergarten Language Outcomes [PDF]

IAFOR Journal of Education, 2015
The aim of the present study is to explore a variety of cognitive and social variables which are most relevant to children’s linguistic success in an educational setting.
Anne Walk, Hisako Matsuo, Alex Giovanoni
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Young Children Living Bilingually in Malta

Lingwistyka Stosowana, 2016
Malta presents a unique and interesting sociolinguistic scenario of widespread bilingualism in Maltese and English. Over 95% of the population are ethnic Maltese, learn and use Maltese in their everyday life as a first language, in parallel co-existence with English. In fact, over 85% of Maltese people are also fluent in English.
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Using Dual-Language Books to Preserve Language & Culture in Alaska Native Communities [PDF]

, 2016
“Children learn their language on their mother’s lap.” This conventional wisdom from a Cup’ik Elder describes the approach used by many Alaska Native peoples to promote native language acquisition.
Bartles, Jonathan, Ohle, Kathryn
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