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Download full textAktan-Erciyes, Asli – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2020
The present study investigated the longitudinal effects of early exposure to L2-English on L1-Turkish language competence, narrative skills and executive functioning. We asked whether early immersion-like exposure to L2, starting around 3 years of age, would have reflections on L1 competence, L1 narrative skills and gains in cognitive flexibility.…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Second Language Learning, Native Language, English (Second Language)
Keh, Melissa Latham – CATESOL Journal, 2019
Assessing English learners (ELs) in US schools is challenging because many widely used assessments have not been designed with ELs in mind. Yet if teachers are sensitive to how ELs may perform differently from native speakers on such assessments, these assessments reveal useful information about ELs' language and literacy skills. This mixed-method…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Testing
Peer reviewedDaniels, Marilyn – Sign Language Studies, 1994
Some 76 hearing children in prekindergarten classes, half receiving sign instruction and half not, were tested on English vocabulary acquisition. Children who received the sign instruction scored significantly higher on the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test than children receiving sign instruction. (Contains 15 references.) (Author/LB)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Child Language, Communicative Competence (Languages), Comparative Analysis
Bamford, Kathryn W.; Mizokawa, Donald T. – 1990
The enhanced metalinguistic abilities demonstrated by additive-bilingual children, including superior control of cognitive processing, may promote the development of symbolic reasoning. Children educated in additive-bilingual (immersion) settings may maintain normal native-language development, while acquiring a second language. This study…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Grade 2
Yu, Agnes; Bain, Bruce – 1980
This paper explores the different patterns of cognitive behavior of children from varying linguistic, socio-economic, and cultural backgrounds. Several perspectives on cognitive consequences as related to language, class, and culture are presented. The sample consisted of grade one children, one hundred ten boys and one hundred girls between six…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Children, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
Maddux, Cleborne D. – Diagnostique, 1999
This article describes the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Third Edition, an assessment designed to test preschool children in vocabulary acquisition, screen both for giftedness and mental retardation, and measure English language proficiency in individuals for whom English is not a primary language. Its administration, standardization,…
Descriptors: Child Development, Disabilities, Disability Identification, Early Identification
