Bilingual children's language abilities and early reading outcomes in head start and kindergarten

Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 237-248

  Hammer, Carol Scheffner ^a   Lawrence, Frank R ^a   Miccio, Adele W ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilingual children; Head Start; Reading development; Receptive language

Indexed keywords

APTITUDE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TEST; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; READING; UNITED STATES;

APTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPREHENSION; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MULTILINGUALISM; PENNSYLVANIA; READING;

EID: 34547802656     PISSN: 01611461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/0161-1461(2007/025)     Document Type: Article

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