Assessing Preschool Dual Language Learners: Traveling a Multiforked Road

Child Development Perspectives

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 28-32

  Peña, Elizabeth D ^a   Halle, Tamara G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b CHILD TRENDS   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Bilingual; Dual language; English language learners (ELL); Language

Indexed keywords

EID: 79851475601     PISSN: 17508592     EISSN: 17508606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-8606.2010.00143.x     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. August, D., & Shanahan, T. (2006). Developing literacy in second-language learners: Report of the National Literacy Panel on Language-Minority Children and Youth. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
2. Aukrust, V. G., & Snow, C. E. (1998). Narratives and explanations during mealtime conversations in Norway and the U.S. Language in Society, 27, 221-246.
3. Barrueco, S., López, M. L., Ong, C. A., & Lozano, P. (2009). Dual language learner preschool measures review. Washington, DC: The Catholic University of America & The National Center for Latino Child and Family Research.
4. Bornstein, M. H., & Cote, L. R. (2001). Mother-infant interaction and acculturation: I. Behavioural comparisons in Japanese American and South American families. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 25, 549-563.
5. Brownell, R. (2000). Expressive One Word Picture Vocabulary Test-2000 edition. Novato, CA: Academic Therapy Publications.
6. Espinosa, L. M. (2008). A review of the literature on assessment issues for young English language learners. Paper prepared for the NAS Committee on Developmental Outcomes and Assessments for Young Children, Washington, DC.
7. Fiestas, C. E., & Peña, E. D. (2004). Narrative discourse in bilingual children: Language and task effects. Language, Speech, & Hearing Services in Schools, 35, 155-168.
8. Green, E. G. T., Deschamps, J.-C., & Páez, D. (2005). Variation of individualism and collectivism within and between 20 countries: A typological analysis. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 36, 321-329.
9. Greenfield, P. M. (1997). You can't take it with you: Why ability assessments don't cross cultures. American Psychologist, 52, 1115-1124.
10. Gutiérrez-Clellen, V. F. (2002). Narratives in two languages: Assessing performance of bilingual children. Linguistics and Education, 13, 175-197.
11. Hofstede, G. (1986). Cultural differences in teaching and learning. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 10, 301-320.
12. Johnston, J. R., & Wong, M. Y. A. (2002). Cultural differences in beliefs and practices concerning talk to children. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 45, 916-926.
13. Kohnert, K., & Bates, E. (2002). Balancing bilinguals II: Lexical compehension and cogitive processing in children learning Spanish and English. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 45, 347-359.
14. Kohnert, K., Bates, E., & Hernandez, A. (1999). Balancing bilinguals: Lexical-semantic production and cognitive processing in children learng Spanish and English. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 42, 1400-1413.
15. Mejía-Arauz, R., Rogoff, B., Dexter, A., & Najafi, B. (2007). Cultural variation in children's social organization. Child Development, 78, 1001-1014.
16. Ng, S. H., Loong, C. S. F., He, A. P., Liu, J. H., & Weatherall, A. (2000). Communication correlates of individualism and collectivism: Talk directed at one or more addressees in family conversations. Journal of Language & Social Psychology, 19, 26-45.
17. Oller, D. K., Pearson, B. Z., & Cobo-Lewis, A. B. (2007). Profile effects in early bilingual language and literacy. Applied Psycholinguistics, 28, 191-230.
18. Pearson, B. Z., Fernández, S. C., & Oller, D. K. (1993). Lexical development in bilingual infants and toddlers: Comparison to monolingual norms. Language Learning, 43, 93-120.
19. Pearson, B. Z., Fernández, S. C., & Oller, D. K. (1995). Cross-language synonyms in the lexicons of bilingual infants: One language or two? Journal of Child Language, 22, 345-368.
20. Peña, E. D. (2007). Lost in translation: Methodological considerations in cross-cultural research. Child Development, 78, 1255-1264.
21. Peña, E. D., Bedore, L. M., & Rappazzo, C. (2003). Comparison of Spanish, English, and bilingual children's performance across semantic tasks. Language, Speech & Hearing Services in the Schools, 34, 5-16.
22. Peña, E. D., Bedore, L. M., & Zlatic-Giunta, R. (2002). Category generation performance of young bilingual children: The influence of condition, category, and language. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 41, 938-947.
23. Peña, E. D., & Quinn, R. (1997). Task familiarity: Effects on the test performance of Puerto Rican and African American children. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 28, 323-332.
24. Raeff, C. (1997). Cultural values, children's social interactions, and the development of an American individualistic self. Developmental Review, 17, 205-238.
25. Restrepo, M. A., & Silverman, S. W. (2001). Validity of the Spanish Preschool Language Scale-3 for use with bilingual children. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 10, 382-393.
26. Rogoff, B. (1991). Apprenticeship in thinking: Cognitive development in social context. New York: Oxford University Press.
27. Rogoff, B., Moore, L., Najafi, B., Dexter, A., Correa-Chavez, M., & Solis, J. (2007). Children's development of cultural repertoires through participation in everyday routines and practices. In J. Grusec & P. Hastings (Eds.), Handbook of socialization: Theory and research (pp. 490-515). New York: Guilford.
28. Schieffelin, B. B., & Ochs, E. (1986). Language socialization across cultures. New York: Cambridge University Press.
29. Shepard, L., Kagan, S. L., & Wurtz, E. (1998). Principles and recommendations for early childhood assessments. Washington, DC: National Education Goals Panel.
30. Trumbull, E., Rothstein-Fisch, C., Greenfield, P. M., & Quiroz, B. (2001). Bridging cultures between home and school: A guide for teachers. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
31. Woodcock, R., Muñoz-Sandoval, A. F., McGrew, K. S., & Mather, N. (2005). Batería III Woodcock-Muñoz: Pruebas de habilidades cognitivas. Itasca, IL: Riverside.
32. Zepeda, M., Castro, D. C., & Cronin, S. (2010). Preparing early childhood teachers to work with young dual language learners. Child Development Perspectives, 4, 190-194.