Executive Function and Narrative Language Abilities in Emergent Bilingual Preschoolers: An Exploratory Study.
Purpose: In light of the importance of preschool oral narrative skills as precursors to literacy, this exploratory study examined expressive language skills among emergent bilingual Latine preschoolers using a naturalistic personal narrative task. To understand the factors that support language use...
| Publicado en: | Language, Speech & Hearing Services in Schools Vol. 54; no. 2; pp. 584 - 600 |
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American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Apr2023
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