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Linghui Chu; Gail E. Joseph – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2024
The study sought to understand the general trajectory of children's executive function, as well as whether there was heterogeneity among monolingual English-speaking and dual language learning children in their growth of executive function. In addition, the study examined whether monolingual English-speaking and dual language learning children…
Descriptors: Executive Function, English (Second Language), English, Monolingualism
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Jaime Inocencio Chi Pech – First Language, 2024
This article uses cognitive measures previously developed within linguistic relativity research to explore the thinking patterns of Yucatec Maya-Spanish bilingual children in the Yucatan peninsula. These measures were designed to detect cognitive patterns associated with specific language patterns. Here, these measures are used to test whether 12…
Descriptors: Spanish, American Indian Languages, American Indians, Bilingualism
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Mary Troxel; R. Christopher Sheldrick; Abbey Eisenhower; Alice S. Carter – Journal of Early Intervention, 2024
This study aimed to replicate and extend findings from the only known study that has conducted latent profile analysis of developmental profiles, measured by the Battelle Developmental Inventory, for children in Early Intervention (EI). Children (N = 57,966) who were enrolled in Massachusetts EI sites between 2011 and 2019 and completed a Battelle…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Child Development, Profiles, Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Marion Martínez; Leesa Clarke; Lorna Hamilton; Christopher J. Hall – Language Awareness, 2024
This study explored the effects of learning activities which encouraged positive crosslinguistic influence from L2 Spanish to L1 English grammar in young learners. The learners (N = 82) were studying Spanish as their compulsory foreign language at an English state primary school in the UK. As part of ten timetabled Spanish classes over a period of…
Descriptors: Grammar, Native Language, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Venus Chan – Interactive Learning Environments, 2024
This research aims to examine students' perceptions of the benefits and constraints of using Virtual Interpreting Practice (VIP), a mobile-based virtual reality application for bi-directional English/Chinese consecutive and sight interpreting learning that was developed within the project. Thirty-one Chinese university students participated in an…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Computer Oriented Programs, Handheld Devices, Telecommunications
UnidosUS, 2025
This report examines the critical role of home visitors in supporting dual language development among Latino children, who represent a growing share of the U.S. population. Through surveys and interviews with home visitors, UnidosUS identified gaps in training and resources needed to effectively serve culturally and linguistically diverse…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Bilingualism, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Maxime Van Raemdonck; Robyn Tyler; Piet Van Avermaet; Wendelien Vantieghem – Language and Education, 2024
In response to the increasing linguistic diversity in educational settings resulting from migration waves into the Global North, this study delves into the beliefs of secondary teachers regarding multilingualism within predominantly monolingual policy schools in Flanders, Belgium. Despite the recognized benefits of multilingual pedagogies,…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Multilingualism, Monolingualism, Secondary School Teachers