Question to the community

[Annette Karmiloff-Smith]

my view is that *both* are necessary.  One can go astray
theoretically on generalising from personal anecdotes, but if
empirical research is not also informed by experience, one can also
draw the wrong conclusions.
Annette

At 3:23 PM -0700 5/11/02, Teresa A. Ukrainetz wrote:
>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.
>
>Teresa Ukrainetz
>
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>From:   Ann Dowker
>Sent:   Tuesday, November 5, 2002 2:19 PM
>Cc:     info-childes; Ellina Chernobilsky
>Subject:        Re: Question to the community
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>Ellen Bialystok's work may be useful here; e.g.
>
>Bialystok, E. (1988). Levels of bilingualism and levels of language
>awareness. Developmental Psychology, 24, 560-567
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>and some later papers.
>
>Best wishes,
>
>Ann
>
>
>  > >De : Ellina Chernobilsky <ellinac at email.eden.rutgers.edu>
>>  >À : info-childes at mail.talkbank.org <info-childes at mail.talkbank.org>
>>  >Date : lundi 4 novembre 2002 07:08
>>  >Objet : Question to the community
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>>  >>Does anyone know if there are any good ways to establish language
>>  >>dominance in bilinguals (esp. five and six year olds)? Any references
>>  >>to the research on this topic or methodology for establishing the
>>  >>language dominance will be greatly appreciated.
>>  >>Thank you.
>>  >>Ellina Chernobilsky
>>  >>PhD Student
>>  >>Rutgers University
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