Concurrent validity of caregiver/parent report measures of language for children who are learning both English and Spanish

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 983-997

  Marchman, Virginia A ^a   Martínez Sussmann, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilingualism; English and Spanish language learners; Language assessment; Parent report; Toddlers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPAIN; SPEECH; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0036788579     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2002/080)     Document Type: Article

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