Solutions for the Assessment of Bilinguals / / ed. by Virginia C. Mueller Gathercole.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter MultiLingual Matters Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Almgren, Margareta,; Barnes, Julia,; Barreña, Andoni,; Bedore, Lisa M.,; Erdos, Caroline,; Ezeizabarrena, Maria-José,; Fiestas, Christine,; García, Iñaki,; Gathercole, Virginia C. Mueller,; Genesee, Fred,; Grohmann, Kleanthes K.,; Haigh, Corrine,; Hoff, Erika,; Hughes, Emma K.,; Kambanaros, Maria,; Letts, Carolyn,; O’Toole, Ciara,; Peña, Elizabeth D.,; Pérez-Tattam, Rocío,; Rodríguez-González, Eva,; Savage, Robert,; Stadthagen-González, Hans,; Thomas, Enlli Môn,; Yavas, Feryal,
• HerausgeberIn: Gathercole, Virginia C. Mueller,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2013]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (256 p.)

Solutions for the Assessment of Bilinguals presents innovative solutions for the evaluation of language abilities and proficiency in multilingual speakers – and by extension, the evaluation of their cognitive and academic abilities. This volume brings together researchers working in a variety of bilingual settings to discuss critical matters central to the assessment of bilingual children and adults. The studies include typically developing bilingual children, bilingual children who may be at risk for language impairments, bilingual and multilingual children and adults found in classrooms, and second-language learners in childhood and adulthood. The contributions propose a variety of ways of assessing performance and abilities in the face of the multiple issues that complicate the best interpretation of test performance.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Contributors -- 1. Assessment of Bilinguals: Innovative Solutions -- 2. Identification of Reading Difficulties in Students Schooled in a Second Language -- 3. What Are the Building Blocks for Language Acquisition? Underlying Principles of Assessment for Language Impairment in the Bilingual Context -- 4. Using Parental Report Assessment for Bilingual Preschoolers: The Basque Experience -- 5. Using Parent Report to Assess Bilingual Vocabulary Acquisition: A Model from Irish -- 6. Development of Bilingual Semantic Norms: Can Two Be One? -- 7. Vocabulary Assessment of Bilingual Adults: To Cognate or Not to Cognate -- 8. Profiling (Specific) Language Impairment in Bilingual Children: Preliminary Evidence from Cyprus -- 9. Sociolinguistic Influences on the Linguistic Achievement of Bilinguals: Issues for the Assessment of Minority Language Competence -- 10. The Effects of Peer Feedback Practices in Spanish Second Language Writing -- 11. Commentary on Issues in the Assessment of Bilinguals and Solutions for the Assessment of Bilinguals -- Index of Tests and Measures -- Index of Languages -- Index of Terms