The Irish language is a minority language undergoing the attenuation and accelerated
change commonly seen as threatened languages come under increasing pressure from the …

Background For many years research and practice have noted the impact of the
heterogeneous nature of Developmental Language Disorder (also known as language …

What factors determine or contribute to bilingual speakers' proficiency, or their overall
knowledge of and fluency in each of their languages? This chapter highlights the multiple …

This study investigated the role of language exposure in vocabulary acquisition in Irish, a
threatened minority language in Ireland which is usually acquired with English in a bilingual …

We explored classification accuracy of English and Spanish versions of an experimental
semantic language measure with functional monolingual–bilingual children with and without …

Background An increasing number of children in the UK and Ireland are growing up
speaking more than one language. The many advantages of bilingualism are …

Background Schools located in indigenous Irish‐speaking areas collectively known as the
Gaeltacht are unique in terms of their sociocultural and linguistic identity and important in the …

This study investigates the assessment methods used in Irish immersion schools to identify
students for additional teaching support. An overview is provided of the percentage of …

Abstract SOUTHWOOD, Frenette and VAN DULM, Ondene. The challenge of linguistic and
cultural diversity: Does length of experience affect South African speech-language …

The literature states the importance of adopting a whole-school approach to inclusion and
for meeting the needs of all students. This study investigated the challenges faced by Irish …