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19 - Assessing Multilinguals

from Part Four - Language(s) and Literacy of Multilingual Children through Schooling

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 August 2022

By
Becky H. Huang  and
Alison L. Bailey
Edited by
Anat Stavans  and
Ulrike Jessner
Anat Stavans
Affiliation:
Beit Berl College, Israel
Ulrike Jessner
Affiliation:
Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, Austria
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Summary

As the number of young multilinguals continues to grow globally, there is a parallel need for fair and effective assessment of multilingual development. This chapter aims to provide a state-of-the art picture of the critical and unique needs of assessing multilingual children from ages 3 to 11. We first define the “multilingual” population and survey two domains of assessment: language proficiency and content area knowledge. We then address the challenges of assessing multilinguals in three key areas: (1) the heterogeneity in the young multilingual population, (2) the articulation of connections between language and content, and (3) the difficulties in differentiating between typically developing multilingual development and language learning difficulties (also known as developmental language disorders) or learning difficulties. We conclude the chapter with a discussion of the future of multilingual assessment practices, considering the roles of technology in multilingual assessments, dynamic assessment, and the application of translanguaging in assessing multilinguals.

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multilingualsyoung learnerslanguage proficiency assessmentcontent area assessmentsassessment validity
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The Cambridge Handbook of Childhood Multilingualism , pp. 441 - 471
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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Note you can select to save to either the @free.kindle.com or @kindle.com variations. ‘@free.kindle.com’ emails are free but can only be saved to your device when it is connected to wi-fi. ‘@kindle.com’ emails can be delivered even when you are not connected to wi-fi, but note that service fees apply.

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