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Rivera Pérez, Jean F.; Creaghead, Nancy A.; Washington, Karla; Guo, Ying; Raisor-Becker, Lesley; Combs, Sandra G. – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2022
This preliminary study examined the relationship between clinicians' perceptions (i.e., speech pathologists) of children's scores on the Assertiveness scale of the Teacher-Child Rating Scale 2.1 and gains in naming and defining words following English-only or Spanish--English intervention for emergent bilinguals (EBs). Twenty-eight…
Descriptors: Spanish Speaking, Bilingualism, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
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Zaretsky, Eugen; Lange, Benjamin P. – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2023
Bilingual children with a limited command of the second language (L2) often yield unsatisfactory results in L2-based non-word repetition tasks (NWRT) for the assessment of working memory. In this study, monolinguals (MO) and bilinguals (BI) of preschool age acquiring German were compared in regard to their performance on German-based NWRT to…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, German, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Rivera Pérez, Jean F.; Creaghead, Nancy A.; Washington, Karla; Guo, Ying; Raisor-Becker, Lesley; Combs, Sandra – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2019
This research investigates the effectiveness of using a child's first language (L1), specifically Spanish, with Audio Prompting (AP) delivered via a tablet computer by monolingual English-speaking clinicians to enhance vocabulary growth in the L1 and second language (L2) of children who are English Learners (ELs). Outcomes of vocabulary…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Speech Language Pathology, English Language Learners, English (Second Language)
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Guardino, Caroline; Cannon, Joanna E.; Eberst, Kimberley – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2014
Nearly 25% of Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH) students come from homes where a language other than English is used and are known as English-Language Learners (ELLs). Evidence-based practices used to teach students who are DHH ELLs are imperative. To build an evidence-base, successful strategies must be examined across multiple researchers, sites,…
Descriptors: Deafness, English Language Learners, Reading Instruction, Reading Strategies
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Cannon, Joanna E.; Fredrick, Laura D.; Easterbrooks, Susan R. – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2010
Reading to children improves vocabulary acquisition through incidental exposure, and it is a best practice for parents and teachers of children who can hear. Children who are deaf or hard of hearing are at risk for not learning vocabulary as such. This article describes a procedure for using books read on DVD in American Sign Language with…
Descriptors: Partial Hearing, Deafness, Incidental Learning, Vocabulary Development
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Oller, D. Kimbrough – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2010
Major innovations are becoming available for research in language development and disorders. Among these innovations, recent tools allow naturalistic recording in children's homes and automated analysis to facilitate representative sampling. This study employed all-day recordings during the 2nd year of life in a child exposed to three languages,…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Multilingualism, Vocabulary Development, Second Language Learning