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

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 bil...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter MultiLingual Matters Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
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Place / Publishing House:Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2013]
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Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (256 p.)
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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