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Gibson, Todd A.; Peña, Elizabeth D.; Bedore, Lisa M.; McCarter, Kevin S. – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2022
Although a "semantic receptive-expressive gap" appears to be a universal feature of early bilingualism, little is known about its development. We sought to determine if the magnitude of the discrepancy between receptive and expressive standard scores changed over time in bilingual children's two languages. In this longitudinal study,…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Spanish Speaking, English Language Learners, Expressive Language
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Kohnert, Kathryn J.; Bates, Elizabeth – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2002
This study examined developmental changes in lexical comprehension in 100 bilingual individuals at five age levels, all of whom had learned Spanish as a first language and English beginning at age 5. Although skills improved in both languages over time, by middle childhood performance was better in English, with this transition occurring earlier…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Bilingual Students, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes