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Download full textBerdan, Robert; Garcia, Maryellen – 1982
The use of observation of natural language interaction as a measure of language proficiency and the impact of discourse characteristics on children's use of Spanish and English as measured by length of utterances are examined. The goal of this observational approach to measuring language proficiency is to distinguish between the effects of change…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Child Language, Children, Discourse Analysis
