Simona Montanari

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California State University Los Angeles

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Simona Montanari is a Professor at California State University Los Angeles, United States. Her research areas include bilingualism, language development in preschoolers, and educational language policies, with recent articles focusing on bilingual phonological development, language perception, and the impact of parental influence on language skills. She is particularly interested in the challenges faced by heritage language speakers and the cultivation of minority languages to support bilingualism in young children.

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Speech Sound Perception and Production in Spanish/English Bilingual Preschoolers

Open Date: 2021-09-01

Close Date: 2024-08-31

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Dual Language Development Among Spanish-speaking Children Learning English

Open Date: 2008-09-01

Close Date: 2012-08-31

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Jeremy Steffman

The University of Edinburgh

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Robert Mayr

Cardiff University

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Jonathan Morris

Cardiff University

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Heritage language development in Spanish–English-speaking preschoolers: Influences on growth and challenges in the first year of English-only instruction

English Vowel Perception in Spanish–English Bilingual Preschoolers: Multiple-Talker Input Is Only Beneficial for Children With High Language Exposure Levels

The Importance of Cultivating the Minority Language to Ensure Children’s Bilingualism

Stop voicing perception in the societal and heritage language of Spanish-English bilingual preschoolers

Student Stop Out and Retention at a Hispanic-Serving Institution in Southern California: The Role of Background, Academic, and Environmental Factors

Speech and language outcomes in low-SES Spanish-English bilingual preschoolers: the role of maternal education

Parental attitudes and activism reshape educational language policies: the surge of dual language programmes in California

Bilingual phonological development across generations

Maternal Cultural Orientation and Speech Sound Production in Spanish/English Dual Language Preschoolers

Collaborators (3)

Jeremy Steffman

Robert Mayr

Jonathan Morris

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