Predictors of Second Language Acquisition in Latino Children With Specific Language Impairment.
Purpose: This study evaluated the extent to which the language of intervention, the child's development in Spanish, and the effects of English vocabulary, use, proficiency, and exposure predict differences in the rates of acquisition of English in Latino children with specific language impairment (S...
| Publicado en: | American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology Vol. 21; no. 1; pp. 64 - 78 |
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American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Feb2012
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