This study investigated whether the Spanish language and literacy skills of 116 Spanish-speaking bilingual preschool children in Miami-Dade County had incremental validity in predicting their English early language and literacy skills one year later. Print and vocabulary scores were divided into language skills that were unique to either English or Spanish or shared in both languages. English vocabulary and shared vocabulary at Time 1 predicted of English vocabulary scores at Time 2; however, Spanish vocabulary did not predict the English Pre-CTOPPP vocabulary scores at posttest beyond what was predicted by these two variables. English Print Knowledge at Time 2 was predicted by unique English and shared print knowledge scores but not by Spanish print knowledge scores. Additionally, Spanish scores on phonological awareness were not incrementally predictive of later English phonological awareness. These results suggest conceptual scoring may not be a useful assessment for predicting vocabulary or phonological awareness skills. / A Thesis submitted to the Department of Psychology in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science. / Fall Semester, 2011. / August 9, 2011. / assessment, bilingual, conceptual scoring, emergent literacy, english language learner, preschool / Includes bibliographical references. / Christopher Lonigan, Professor Directing Thesis; Janet Kistner, Committee Member; Michael Kaschak, Committee Member.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_182893 |
| Contributors | Guerrero, Cherie J. (authoraut), Lonigan, Christopher (professor directing thesis), Kistner, Janet (committee member), Kaschak, Michael (committee member), Department of Psychology (degree granting department), Florida State University (degree granting institution) |
| Publisher | Florida State University, Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text |
| Format | 1 online resource, computer, application/pdf |
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