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Download full textRuiz, Nadeen T. – 1988
This monograph presents language factors related to bilingualism, to assist educators to distinguish normal phenomena due to bilingualism from symptoms of a handicapping condition. The first section, called "The Nature of Bilingualism," discusses the diversity of bilingual students and their dynamic use of two languages, focusing on simultaneous…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Code Switching (Language), Cognitive Development, Communication Disorders
Peer reviewedSchiff-Myers, Naomi B. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1992
This article examines issues in language assessment in children exposed to two languages, including arrested language development in preschool children, arrested development and language loss in school-age children, effects of educational policy (especially the devaluation of non-English languages) on bilingualism, problems in primary language…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Case Studies, Code Switching (Language)
Garcia, Eugene E., Ed.; Padilla, Raymond V., Ed. – 1985
Papers on theory, technology, and public policy in bilingualism and bilingual education are collected in this volume designed to fill the need for systematic, high quality research related to bilingual populations in the United States. Part 1, "Language and Culture," contains five papers that discuss first and second language…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Code Switching (Language), Cultural Pluralism
