Assessment of second language proficiency in bilingual children with specific language impairment: A clinical perspective

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1798-1807

  Verhoeven, Ludo ^a   Steenge, Judit ^a   van Weerdenburg, Marjolijn ^a   van Balkom, Hans ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Assessment; Second language; Specific language impairment

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAMMAR; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; LINGUISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOSYNTACTICS; PHONETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SECOND LANGUAGE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; MULTILINGUALISM; PHONETICS; SEMANTICS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 79958280778     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: 18733379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2011.03.010     Document Type: Article

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