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Elin Thordardottir; Ludivine Plez – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2024
Background: Bilingual assessment is particularly difficult in the very first period of children's second language (L2) exposure. This exploratory, longitudinal study examined L2 learning after 1 and 2 years of L2 exposure by young immigrants and how it is affected by their age at first exposure to the L2 (AoE). Method: Participants were 18…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Age Groups, Preschool Children, Adolescents
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Oetting, Janna B.; McDonald, Janet L.; Seidel, Christy M.; Hegarty, Michael – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2016
Purpose: The inability to accurately recall sentences has proven to be a clinical marker of specific language impairment (SLI); this task yields moderate-to-high levels of sensitivity and specificity. However, it is not yet known if these results hold for speakers of dialects whose nonmainstream grammatical productions overlap with those that are…
Descriptors: Recall (Psychology), Sentences, Speech Impairments, Language Impairments
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Overby, Megan S.; Masterson, Julie J.; Preston, Jonathan L. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2015
Purpose: This archival investigation examined the relationship between preliteracy speech sound production skill (SSPS) and spelling in Grade 3 using a dataset in which children's receptive vocabulary was generally within normal limits, speech therapy was not provided until Grade 2, and phonological awareness instruction was discouraged at the…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Archives, Grade 3, Articulation (Speech)
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Zwitserlood, Rob; van Weerdenburg, Marjolijn; Verhoeven, Ludo; Wijnen, Frank – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the development of morphosyntactic accuracy and grammatical complexity in Dutch school-age children with specific language impairment (SLI). Method: Morphosyntactic accuracy, the use of dummy auxiliaries, and complex syntax were assessed using a narrative task that was administered at three points…
Descriptors: Morphology (Languages), Syntax, Grammar, Language Tests
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Sheng, Li; Pena, Elizabeth D.; Bedore, Lisa M.; Fiestas, Christine E. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2012
Purpose: To examine the nature and extent of semantic deficits in bilingual children with language impairment (LI). Method: Thirty-seven Spanish-English bilingual children with LI (ranging from age 7;0 [years;months] to 9;10) and 37 typically developing (TD) age-matched peers generated 3 associations to 12 pairs of translation equivalents in…
Descriptors: Semantics, Language Impairments, Monolingualism, Spanish
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Delage, Helene; Tuller, Laurice – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2007
Purpose: The authors' purpose was to explore the nature of the link between hearing loss (HL) and language impairment in adolescents with mild-to-moderate hearing loss (MMHL). Does language performance (generally or in certain areas) normalize at adolescence? Method: The language skills of 19 French-speaking adolescents (ages 11-15) with moderate…
Descriptors: Written Language, Phonology, Language Skills, Adolescents