Bilingual children are a more heterogenous group than their monolingual counterparts with
respect to the sources of variation in their language learning environments, as well as the …

Perception involves making sense of a dynamic, multimodal environment. In the absence of
mechanisms capable of exploiting the statistical patterns in the natural world, infants would …

Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH) children need to master at least one language (spoken or
signed) to reach their full potential. Providing access to a natural sign language supports this …

Heritage speakers are native speakers of a minority language they learn at home, but due to
socio-political pressure from the majority language spoken in their community, their heritage …

Recent years have seen a surge in research comparing bilinguals to monolinguals, yet
synthesizing this literature is complicated by the diversity of language and social …

In the first decade of life, children become bilingual in different language learning
environments. Many children start learning two languages from birth (Bilingual First …

On average, children from low socioeconomic status (SES) homes and children from homes
in which a language other than English is spoken have language development trajectories …

The ability to speak two languages often marvels monolinguals, although bilinguals report
no difficulties in achieving this feat. Here, we examine how learning and using two …

The number of children living in the United States who are learning two languages is
increasing greatly. However, relatively little research has been conducted on the language …

One hundred and seventy-five children who were 6-years old were assigned to one of four
groups that differed in socioeconomic status (SES; working class or middle class) and …