Bilingualism and specific language impairment in children attending language units.
Bilingual children were found to form a distinct subgroup within a large cohort of children with specific language-impairment (SLI) attending language units across England. They differed from the cohort as a whole, and from a language-matched monolingual 'control' group, on measures including language profile on entry to the unit, performance on standardised tests, emotional-behavioural state and probable future educational placement. This paper sets out the nature of these differences in more detail, and suggests some possible explanations for them.
Crutchley
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Centre for Educational Needs, School of Education, University of Manchester, UK.
Botting
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Conti-Ramsden
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D002648:Child; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007806:Language Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D007807:Language Tests; D007808:Language Therapy; D008297:Male; D019303:Multilingualism; D014505:Urban Population