The Use of an Invented Language Rule in the Differentiation of Normal and Language-Impaired Spanish-Speaking Children

The study found differential learning rates in a group of bilingual children (ages four to six) with limited English proficiency (LEP) when they all were taught an invented morpheme. The language-impaired children in the group learned the morpheme at a slower rate than the nonimpaired children. Resu...

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Published inJournal of speech and hearing research Vol. 34; no. 3; p. 596
Main Authors Roseberry, Celeste A, Connell, Phil J
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.06.1991
Subjects
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Handicap Identification
Hispanic Americans
Humans
Language Acquisition
Language Development Disorders - diagnosis
Language Development Disorders - epidemiology
Language Development Disorders - physiopathology
Language Handicaps
Language Tests - instrumentation
Language Tests - methods
Language Tests - standards
Learning
Learning Processes
Limited English Speaking
Male
Morphemes
Observer Variation
Spanish Speaking
Teaching - methods
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Summary:The study found differential learning rates in a group of bilingual children (ages four to six) with limited English proficiency (LEP) when they all were taught an invented morpheme. The language-impaired children in the group learned the morpheme at a slower rate than the nonimpaired children. Results have implications for identifying language impairment in LEP populations. (Author/DB)
ISSN:0022-4685
DOI:10.1044/jshr.3403.596