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Direct linkPerla B. Gámez; Ö. Ece Demir-Lira; Paola Pinzón-Henao – Child Development, 2025
This longitudinal study (data collected from 2019 to 2023) examines the relation between Spanish-English bilingual Latino toddlers' (n=46; F=22; M=24) early gesture production (Mage=18.67 months; SD[subscript age]=1.02) and later language skills (M[subscript age]=36.87 months; SD[subscript age]=0.81). Video recordings at child-age 18-months…
Descriptors: Nonverbal Communication, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Spanish
Yow, W. Quin; Markman, Ellen M. – Child Development, 2016
Bilingual children regularly face communicative challenges when speakers switch languages. To cope with such challenges, children may attempt to discern a speaker's communicative intent, thereby heightening their sensitivity to nonverbal communicative cues. Two studies examined whether such communication breakdowns increase sensitivity to…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Cues, Nonverbal Communication, Communication Problems
