Bilingual Vocabulary Assessment: Examining Single-Language, Conceptual, and Total Scoring Approaches.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This study explored approaches for measuring vocabulary among bilingual children with varying levels of proficiency in Spanish and English.

Method

One hundred fifteen kindergarten and first-grade Spanish-English-speaking children completed measures of vocabulary and sentence repetition in Spanish and English. Scores were derived from their responses to the vocabulary measure: Spanish-only vocabulary, English-only vocabulary, conceptual vocabulary, and total vocabulary. Best language sentence repetition was also obtained. Using both visualization of data and statistical analysis, we tested for potential associations between children's relative language skills in Spanish and English and the scores they received on each of the vocabulary metrics.

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SUBMITTER: Fitton L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10558146 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature