title: Bilingualism and specific language impairment in children attending language units.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Educational Needs, School of Education, University of Manchester, UK.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Crutchley
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Botting
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Conti-Ramsden
mesh_terms: 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