What Language Discourse Tells us about Bilingual Adolescents: A Study of Students in Gifted Programs and Students in General Education Programs
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-2008
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.4219/jeg-2008-819
Abstract
The Latino/a population of the United States continues to increase dramatically; consequently, educators face the challenge of how best to provide educational services for those whose primary language is Spanish. The purpose of this study was to examine student discourse between bilingual students in gifted programs and bilingual students in the general education programs in an urban middle school. This study suggests a minor language advantage for the bilingual students in the gifted program. The overall conclusion seems to indicate that bilingualism, language abilities, and giftedness involve many variables and that the relationships are not necessarily direct.
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Journal for the Education of the Gifted, v. 32, issue 1, p. 7-33
Scholar Commons Citation
Brice, Alejandro E.; Shaunessy, Elizabeth; Hughes, Claire; Alvarez McHatton, Patricia; and Ratliff, Mary A., "What Language Discourse Tells us about Bilingual Adolescents: A Study of Students in Gifted Programs and Students in General Education Programs" (2008). Teaching and Learning Faculty Publications. 149.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/tal_facpub/149
