Title: Bilingual Children’s Language and Literacy Development: Home and Classroom Factors

Bio:  Dr. Hammer’s research addresses four interrelated areas that focus on young children’s school readiness and academic outcomes.  These include: trajectories of children’s language and literacy development; environmental and cultural influences on children’s development; assessment of children’s language abilities; and interventions that promote children’s language and literacy development.  Dr. Hammer has a particular interest in bilingual children and children from diverse socio-cultural backgrounds.