Research
Publications
The effect of English on Spanish in speech sound development of sequential Spanish-English bilingual preschoolers.
Bilingualism: Language and Cognition
Gildersleeve-Neumann, C. E., Peña, E. D, Davis, B. L., Kester, E.S.,. (2009).
English speech sound development in pre-school aged children from bilingual English-Spanish environments.
Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in the Schools. 2008 39: 314-328.
Davis, B. L., Gildersleeve-Neumann, C. E., Kester, E. S., Peña, E. D. (2008).
SMILE for Infants and Toddlers: A Comprehensive Program to Improve Communication Skills.
Austin: Bilinguistics.
Prath, S. W., Duff, A., Anderson, K. M., Kester, E. S. (2008).
Speech development in 3- to 4-year-old children from bilingual Spanish/English and monolingual Spanish and English environments.
Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in the Schools.
Gildersleeve-Neumann, C. E., Kester, E.S., Davis, B. L., & Peña, E. D. (2007).
Peña, E. D. & Kester, E. S. (2004).
Semantic Development in Spanish-English Bilinguals:
Theory, Assessment, and Intervention.
In B. Goldstein (Ed.) Bilingual Language Development and Disorders in Spanish-English Speakers. Philadelphia: Brookes.
Kester, E. S.
Early Spanish Speech Acquisition Following Cochlear Implantation
The Volta Review, Volume 106 (3), 321-341
Moore, J., Prath, S.W., Arrieta-Morales, A.
Performance on semantic language tasks by Spanish-English bilingual children with varying levels of proficiency.
Dissertation. The University of Texas at Austin.
Kester, E. S. (2002).
Language ability assessment of Spanish-English bilinguals: Future directions.
Practical Assessment, Research, and Evaluation, 8, 4.
Kester, E. S. & Peña, E. D. (2002).
A comparison of three dynamic assessment teaching components with Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Preschoolers.
Journal of Cognitive Education and Psychology, 2, 42-59.
Kester, E. S., Peña, E. D. (2001).
Grants
2005-2007: National Academy of Education Spencer Post-doctoral Fellowship. Cross-linguistic transfer in Spanish-English bilingual development.
