Assessing Bilingual Children in Context
Subtitle: An Integrated Approach
Publisher: American Psychological Association; American Psychological Association (APA)
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9781433815652
Subjects: Bilingualism in children; Children, language; Language acquisition; Cognitive grammar; Psycholinguistics
Description: Bilingual children are often referred for assessment to determine if educational or mental health supports are necessary for academic, social-emotional, or personal success. This book explores the interplay between factors impacting English language learners and considers implications for assessment. It advocates for an integrated assessment of bilingual children that considers multiple influences, such as previous education, immigration, acculturation, poverty, trauma, and even structural differences between the child's first and second languages. In line with advances in science, several chapters explore the brain-based relationships between personal experience and language learning.