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Peer reviewedGomez-Fernandez, Domingo E.; And Others – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1990
A comparison of the performance of age- and intelligence-matched bilingual (n=46) and monolingual (n=38) six- and seven-year olds on the Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities indicated that the bilinguals had significantly inferior performance in tests of the visual-motor channel, analogous auditory-vocal tests, and representative level. (18…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Child Language, Comparative Analysis, Dialects
Peer reviewedSchaerlaekens, A.; And Others – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1988
An investigation into the linguistic adaptation process of foreign children adopted by Dutch-speaking families in Belgium identified a short, early adaptation period followed by a period of further acquisition, with marked differences between children younger and older than three years. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adopted Children, Age Differences, Child Language
