Megan Dunn Davison|Carol Scheffner Hammer|Frank Lawrence
Associations between preschool language and first grade reading outcomes in bilingual children
University of New Mexico|Temple College|Temple University|Pennsylvania State University
well established monolingual preschoolers oral language development vocabulary oral comprehension contributes later reading abilities however less known relationship bilingual populations children developing knowledge two languages may childrens abilities one language contribute reading abilities language childrens experiences either language assist developing common underlying proficiency draw upon learning read purpose study investigate relationship among bilingual childrens receptive language development reading outcomes first grade eightyone bilingual children attending head start participated study growth curve models used examine relationship childrens language abilities two years head start reading outcomes end first grade childrens growth english spanish receptive vocabulary oral comprehension predicted english spanish reading abilities end first grade within languages associations also observed languages growth english receptive language predicting spanish reading comprehension growth spanish receptive language predicting english reading comprehension