Screening Bilingual Preschoolers for Language Difficulties: Utility of Teacher and Parent Reports

Purpose The utility of parent and teacher reports for screening 3 types of bilingual preschoolers (English–first language [L1]/Mandarin–second language[L2], Mandarin-L1/English-L2, or Malay-L1/English-L2) for language difficulty was investigated in Singapore with reference to measures of reliability, validity, sensitivity, and specificity in an English-medium kindergarten setting. Method The index tests were teachers’ ratings of the English...