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 …

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 …

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 …

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

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 …

The extant literature includes conflicting assertions regarding the influence of bilingualism
on the rate of language development. The present study compared the language …

One of the defining characteristics of bilingual language development is variability, in terms
of individual children's outcomes in their two (or more) languages and in terms of children's …

Learning a second language in childhood is inherently advantageous for communication.
However, parents, educators and scientists have been interested in determining whether …

Heritage languages, such as the Turkish varieties spoken in Berlin or the Spanish used in
Los Angeles, are non-dominant languages, often with little prestige. Their speakers also …

Purpose Speech-language pathologists have both a professional and ethical responsibility
to provide culturally competent services to dual language learners (DLLs). In this tutorial, we …