Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Childhood bilingualism research : an introduction -- Erika Hoff and Peggy McCardle -- Bilingual speech processing / Janet F. Werker, Whitney M. Weikum, and Katherine A. Yoshida -- When infants hear two languages : interpreting research on early speech perception by bilingual children / Anne Fernald -- The onset of word form recognition in one language and in two / M.M. Vihman ... [et al.] -- Bilingual first language acquisition in perspective / Fred Genesee -- Social factors in bilingual development : the Miami experience / Rebecca E. Eilers, Barbara Zurer Pearson, Alan B. Cobo-Lewis -- Developing literacy in English-language learners : an examination of the impact of English-only versus bilingual instruction / Diane August ... [et al.] -- Bilingualism at school : effect on the acquisition of literacy / Ellen Bialystok -- Adult bilingualism and bilingual development / Judith Kroll -- Finding the points of contact : language acquisition in children raised in monolingual, bilingual, and multilingual environment / Sandra Waxman -- Multiple perspectives on research on childhood bilingualism / Martha Crago -- An agenda for research on childhood bilingualism / Peggy McCardle and Erika Hoff