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Documenting bilingual experiences in the early years: Using the CECER-DLL Child and Family and Teacher Questionnaires

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 October 2020

Dina C. Castro ,
Carol Scheffner Hammer ,
Ximena Franco ,
Lauren M. Cycyk ,
Shelley E. Scarpino  and
Margaret R. Burchinal
Dina C. Castro*
Affiliation:
University of North Texas
Carol Scheffner Hammer
Affiliation:
Teachers College, Columbia University
Ximena Franco
Affiliation:
FPG Child Development Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Lauren M. Cycyk
Affiliation:
University of Oregon
Shelley E. Scarpino
Affiliation:
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
Margaret R. Burchinal
Affiliation:
FPG Child Development Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
*
Address for correspondence: Dina C. Castro, E-mail: dina.castro@unt.edu
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Abstract

The diversity of experiences among bilingual children is reflected in the variability of abilities in each of their languages. This paper describes the CECER-DLL Child and Family, and Teacher Questionnaires and discusses the utility of these tools. These questionnaires were created to address the need for valid and reliable tools to document contextual characteristics and language experiences of young bilingual children in developmental and educational research. A multi-site validity study using the CECER-DLL Questionnaires demonstrates how children's language skills are influenced by language exposure at home and at school, mothers’ and teachers’ skills in each language, mother's generational status, and languages used during language and literacy activities at home.

Keywords

early bilingualismlanguage exposurelanguage usemeasuring bilingualismbilingual development variability
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Research Notes
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Bilingualism: Language and Cognition , Volume 23 , Issue 5 , November 2020 , pp. 958 - 963
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press

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