Assessing multilingual children: Disentangling bilingualism from language impairment

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Abstract

Second language learners often produce language forms resembling those of children with Specific Language Impairment (SLI). At present, professionals working in language assessment and education have only limited diagnostic instruments to distinguish language impaired migrant children from those who will eventually catch up with their monolingual peers. This book presents a comprehensive set of tools for assessing the linguistic abilities of bilingual children. It aims to disentangle effects of bilingualism from those of SLI, making use of both models of bilingualism and models of language impairment. The book's methods-oriented focus will make it an essential handbook for practitioners who look for measures which could be adapted to a variety of languages in diverse communities, as well as academic researchers.

Original languageEnglish
PublisherChannel View Publications
Number of pages364
ISBN (Electronic)9781783093137
ISBN (Print)9781783093113
StatePublished - 28 Apr 2015

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Sharon Armon-Lotem, Jan de Jong, Natalia Meir and the authors of individual chapters.

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