DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF A LANGUAGE TEST FOR CHILDREN SPEAKINGNON-STANDARD ENGLISH:  A STUDY OF BILINGUAL HISPANIC CHILDREN

 

NIH GUIDE, Volume 25, Number 36, October 25, 1996

 

RFP AVAILABLE:  NIH-DC-97-02

 

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Keywords:

  Educational Instruction Programs 

 

National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders

 

The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders,

National Institutes of Health, is soliciting proposals for the

Development and Validation of a Language Test for Children Speaking

Non-Standard English:  A Study of Bilingual Hispanic Children.  The

purpose of this contract is to:  (1) collect cross-sectional data on

Spanish and English  language abilities in normally developing four-

to six-year-old bilingual Hispanic children whose primary language is

not English or is a nonstandard form of English; (2) document age-

appropriate Spanish and English language milestones/behaviors for

this bilingual population including aspects of phonology, syntax,

semantics and pragmatics; (3) use the aforementioned normative data

to develop items for a language assessment instrument or procedure

that could be used to differentiate between language impairment and

normal language development, in bilingual Hispanic children; and (4)

conduct a study to determine the reliability and validity of the

individual items and the overall language assessment instrument or

procedure with bilingual Hispanic children.  A six-year cost-

reimbursement type contract is anticipated.  The solicitation is

scheduled to be issued on or about November 7, 1996.  Proposals will

be due 60 days after the date of issuance of the solicitation.

 

INQUIRIES

 

Copies of the solicitation can be obtained by sending a written

request to:

 

John P. DeCenzo

Division of Research Contracts, OCM/OA/OD

National Institutes of Health

6100 Executive Boulevard, Room 6E01 - MSC 7540

Bethesda, MD  20892-7540

Telephone:  (301) 496-4487

FAX:  (301) 402-0178

Email:  jd93o@nih.gov

 

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