Shelley E. Scarpino|Frank Lawrence|Megan Dunn Davison|Carol Scheffner Hammer
Predicting bilingual Spanish-English children's phonological awareness abilities from their preschool English and Spanish oral language
Stockton University|Pennsylvania State University|Temple University|Temple University
longitudinal study investigated relationship oral language abilities phonological awareness 85 typically developing spanishenglish preschool children average age preschool 3 years 9 months receptive language skills spanish english assessed autumn spring childrens 2 years head start total four measurement occasions phonological awareness assessed spring childrens kindergarten year results indicated english receptive vocabulary end preschool predicted english phonological awareness abilities kindergarten whereas spanish vocabulary observed negative predictive relationship childrens english phonological awareness abilities however controlling english vocabulary spanish vocabulary longer effect english phonological awareness broad receptive language abilities english spanish predict later english phonological awareness skills