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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Just a note to say that it is refreshing to hear reflections about bilingual dominance from personal knowledge. Typical American educational conversations involve theoretical discussions and standardized testing. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Teresa Ukrainetz</FONT>
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<BR><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">From:</FONT></B> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Ann Dowker</FONT>
<BR><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Sent:</FONT></B> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Tuesday, November 5, 2002 2:19 PM</FONT>
<BR><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Cc:</FONT></B> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">info-childes; Ellina Chernobilsky</FONT>
<BR><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Subject:</FONT></B> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Re: Question to the community</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Ellen Bialystok's work may be useful here; e.g.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Bialystok, E. (1988). Levels of bilingualism and levels of language</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">awareness. Developmental Psychology, 24, 560-567</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">and some later papers.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Best wishes,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Ann</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> >De : Ellina Chernobilsky <ellinac@email.eden.rutgers.edu></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> >À : info-childes@mail.talkbank.org <info-childes@mail.talkbank.org></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> >Date : lundi 4 novembre 2002 07:08</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> >Objet : Question to the community</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> >>Does anyone know if there are any good ways to establish language</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> >>dominance in bilinguals (esp. five and six year olds)? Any references</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> >>to the research on this topic or methodology for establishing the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> >>language dominance will be greatly appreciated.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> >>Thank you.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> >>Ellina Chernobilsky</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> >>PhD Student</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> >>Rutgers University</FONT>
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