Bilingual children are a more heterogenous group than their monolingual counterparts with
respect to the sources of variation in their language learning environments, as well as the …

Purpose The purpose of this research forum article is to provide an overview of typical and
atypical development of English as a second language (L2) and to present strategies for …

In the first decade of life, children become bilingual in different language learning
environments. Many children start learning two languages from birth (Bilingual First …

Children's bilingual status is important because the interest here is in narrative performance
in both languages of bilingual children, in particular the within-subject, cross language …

Background Language and communication skills are essential aspects of child
development, which are often disrupted in children with neurodevelopmental disorders …

Purpose: The narrative abilities of bilinguals with TD and with DLD/SLI in their English L2
were examined in order to 1) identify the narrative components that differentiate these two …

Background Parents and providers are sometimes concerned that exposure to two
languages will impair language acquisition in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) …

This study assesses the impact of internal and external factors on very young EFL learners
in an instructional setting. 71 child English learners in China (onset age: 2; 0-5; 6) were …

This study examined accuracy in production and grammaticality judgements of verb
morphology by eighteen Chinese-speaking children learning English as a second language …

This article is one of the first attempts to study the mechanisms of foreign language learning
by children with DLD. We test the effectiveness of a cognate intervention aiming to enhance …