Phonological Measures for Bilingual Spanish-English-Speaking Preschoolers: The Language Combination Effect.

ABSTRACT: Purpose The purpose of this study was to examine the diagnostic accuracy of traditional measures of phonological ability developed for monolingual English-speaking children with their bilingual peers in both English and Spanish. We predicted that a composite measure, derived from a combination of English and Spanish phonological measures, would result in higher diagnostic accuracy than examining the individual phonological measures of bilingual children separately by language. Method Sixty-six children, ages 3;3-6;3 (years;months), participated in this study: 29 typically developing bilingual Spanish-English-speaking children (x = 5;3), five bilingual Spanish-English-speaking children with speech sound disorders (x = 4;6), 26 typically developing monolingual English-speaking

SUBMITTER: Fabiano-Smith L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9132055 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature