TY - JOUR
T1 - What Language Discourse Tells us about Bilingual Adolescents: A Study of Students in Gifted Programs and Students in General Education Programs
AU - Brice, Alejandro E.
AU - Shaunessy, Elizabeth
AU - Hughes, Claire
AU - Alvarez McHatton, Patricia
AU - Ratliff, Mary A.
AU - Shaunessy-Dedrick, Elizabeth
PY - 2008/1/1
Y1 - 2008/1/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
UR - https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/tal_facpub/149
UR - https://doi.org/10.4219/jeg-2008-819
U2 - 10.4219/jeg-2008-819
DO - 10.4219/jeg-2008-819
M3 - Article
VL - 32
JO - Journal for the Education of the Gifted
JF - Journal for the Education of the Gifted
ER -