GOLETA, Calif. – Across the state, Santa Barbara County has one of the highest percentages of students who struggle to speak fluent English, even more than down in Los Angeles County. A new state ...

Many parents have a desire to raise their children to be bilingual or multilingual (that is, speaking more than one language fluently). It seems that everyone has an opinion on the “right” way to ...

There were over 1,200 multilingual students who were identified and received services from English language development ...

Bilingual children pose unique challenges for clinicians, and, until recently, there was little research on young bilinguals to guide clinical practice. In the past decade, however, research on ...

Because of our unique demographics, Miami is poised to be the greatest bilingualism-promotor in the United States. Why is this goal worth pursuing? Substantial research shows that there are ...

New research shows that mothers have twice the impact on language exposure, challenging traditional parenting advice. Parents ...

Bilingual phonological development represents a dynamic and complex interplay between two or more linguistic sound systems during early childhood. In bilingual contexts, children navigate multiple ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract We explored variation in the linguistic environments of hearing children of Deaf parents and how it was associated with their early bilingual ...