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Showing 1 to 20 of 67 for “"Spanish-English"”.
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Stop production in Spanish-English bilingual children
… be measured and compared crosslinguistically. Spanish voiceless stops have shorter voice onset time values than English voiceless stops, and Spanish voiced stops vary allophonically to approximants, a process that does not occur in English. Because previous child bilingual language acquisition …
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Effects of Language Dominance in Spanish-English Bilingual Speakers
… This study examines the semantic networks of Spanish-English bilingual adults and monolingual English-speaking peers to determine whether language dominance structures the semantic space of a bilingual speaker to more closely match the semantic space of a monolingual speaker of the dominant …
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Syllabification and Visual Word Segmentation in Spanish–English Bilinguals
This dissertation investigates intuitions about Spanish syllable structure and whether or not word segmentation strategies are affected by these syllabic intuitions. The study utilizes monolingual Spanish speakers, L1 Spanish speakers whoare L2 learners of English and L1 English speakers who are L2 …
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Locus of Control and Attribution Responses of Bilingual Spanish-English Children
… of academic ability. Subjects included Spanish speaking children of both sexes, of two bilingual capabilities (Spanish-English with English as a preferred s
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Waves of Change: Longitudinal Growth Profiling of Bilingual (Spanish-English) Language Development
… growth trajectories, primarily in monolingual English children, the shape and direction of English-language learners' (ELLs) language growth trajectories are largely unknown. The present study examined the shape of ELLs' language growth trajectories by estimating the initial status and the …
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Language Use in a Spanish -English Dual Immersion Classroom: A Sociolinguistic Perspective
… both types of students develop higher levels of Spanish in dual immersion classrooms than in other program types, diglossia may be inevitable. The findings suggest that students may use more Spanish if teachers monitor them more closely during groupwork and if the school encourages them to …
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Factors Influencing the English Reading Test Performance of Spanish-English Bilingual Children
… was to identify factors that influenced the English reading test performance of 51 Spanish-speaking Hispanic children at the fifth- and sixth-grade levels as compared to that of 53 Anglo children enrolled in the same classrooms. The role of reading tests in the assessment and placement of …
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The acquisition of bare nominals by three populations of Spanish-English bilingual adults
… influence by studying three different groups of Spanish-English speakers’ knowledge of the distribution of definite articles in both of their languages using a battery of tests that require them to draw on different linguistic abilities. These three groups include native English speakers who …
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AN ANALYSIS OF CODE SWITCHING EVENTS IN TYPICALLY DEVELOPING SPANISH-ENGLISH BILINGUAL CHILDREN
… in language samples of 14 typically-developing Spanish-English bilingual preschool-aged children. CS occurred primarily when the children spoke in Spanish. We investigated code-switched events, vocabulary measures, and disfluencies to better understand if children utilize code-switching to fill …
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L2 Effect on Bilingual Spanish/English Encoding of Motion Events: Does Manner Salience Transfer?
… The two languages investigated in this study, Spanish and English, are at divergent points along the cline of manner salience. In addition, Slobin (1996b) suggests dividing MANNER into tier one (T1) manner and tier two (T2) manner. T1-MANNER is available in both Spanish and English, but …
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A Longitudinal Analysis of Spanish Morphosyntactic Performance Based on Spanish-English Bilingual Exposure and Usage
… the interaction between language experience and Spanish morphosyntactic development using longitudinal data of Spanish-English bilingual children with typical language development (TD) and developmental language disorder (DLD). Specifically, this study explores how language exposure and usage …
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Code-Switching and Gender: A Longitudinal Study of Spanish/English Speaking Fraternal Boy-Girl Twins
… identify each twin’s code-switching patterns in Spanish and English in the bilingual home environment, examine the differences in their language choices, and reflect on their gendered language use as it pertains to each child’s own language production choices. The study connects the results of …
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The effect of bilingualism on vocal parameters related to vocal fatigue among Spanish-English bilingual speakers
… Recordings (ALLSSTAR). The participants were 11 Spanish-English bilingual speakers (8 males, 3 females). Each speaker recorded speech during three spontaneous speech tasks (SS) and five reading tasks (RS). Acoustic analyses were conducted to obtain the following measures: sound pressure level …
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Translanguaging and identities: Bilingual language and literacy practices in a Spanish-English two-way immersion classroom
… to the dynamics of identity construction in Spanish-English two- way immersion practices. For this reason, using a comparative case study, this study investigates both Spanish-English bilinguals' and English-Spanish bilinguals’ learning to speak and write in two languages. Data show how these …
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Kindergarten with Mascarillas: A qualitative case study of a Spanish-English dual language classroom during COVID-19
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2022-11-15 without embargo terms
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Kentucky Speech-Language Pathologists' Confidence And Education In Providing Services To Spanish-English Bilingual Children In The Public Schools
… examined their competence and confidence serving Spanish-English bilingual students. Questionnaire items were selected from previous research studies by Hammer et al. (2004) and Roseberry-McKibbin et al. (2005). Results from this study suggested more pre-service training and continuing education …
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An investigation of the roles and functions of parent advisory councils serving Spanish-English bilingual projects funded under ESEA Title VII
… functions of parent advisory councils serving Spanish-English bilingual projects funded under ESEA Title VII. It was also the intent of this study to determine if there existed signif icant differences on the ranking of roles and functions by the participants with respect to the specified …
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A Pilot Study To Determine The Value Of Bilingual Counseling In A High School Where The Student Population Is Predominately Spanish/english Bilingual
… where the student population is predominately Spanish/English bilingual. Questionnaires were distributed to 81 participants; 59 completed questionnaires were returned. The instrument that was used to collect data was a questionnaire, which consisted of 19 questions. The questions reflected the …
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