Tessel Boerma

Biographic Data

ID3845225
NAMETessel Boerma
GIVEN NAMESTessel
FAMILY NAMEBoerma
SIGNATUREBOERMA T
AFFILIATIONSUtrecht University
ORCID0000-0002-1649-2308
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS8
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT8
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2017
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX0

  • Effects of dominance on language switching

    Open AccessVera Snijders, Merel Van Witteloostuijn et al.ARTICLEBilingualism Language and Cognition2025

    Bilinguals frequently switch between languages. The present study examined cued language switching (CLS) longitudinally in bilingual Turkish–Dutch children with ( n = 11) and without ( n = 30) developmental language disorder (DLD) in a three-wave design with one-year intervals. We studied effects of dominance, indexed by language proficiency and exposure, on overall switching performance and the costs associated with switching between languages. …

  • Grammatical skills of Dutch children with 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome in comparison with children with Developmental Language Disorder

    Open AccessTessel Boerma, Emma Everaert et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Communication2023

    Background Virtually all children with 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome (22q11DS) experience language difficulties, next to other physical and psychological problems. However, the grammatical skills of children with 22q11DS are relatively unexplored, particularly in naturalistic settings. The present research filled this gap, including two studies with different age groups in which standardized assessment was complemented with spontaneous language analy…

  • Grammatical development in both languages of bilingual Turkish-Dutch children with and without Developmental Language Disorder

    Open AccessE Blom, Tessel Boerma et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Communication2022

    Introduction To guarantee a reliable diagnosis of Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) in bilingual children, evaluating both languages is recommended. However, little is known about how DLD impacts the heritage language, and it is largely unknown whether bilingual children with DLD develop the heritage language at the same pace as their peers with typical development (TD). Methods For this longitudinal study that focused on children's grammatic…

  • Nonverbal Switching Ability of Monolingual and Bilingual Children with and without Developmental Language Disorder

    Open AccessTessel Boerma, Merel Van Witteloostuijn et al.ARTICLELanguages2022References: 71

    Bilingualism is associated with enhanced switching skills, while a developmental language disorder (DLD) may negatively impact switching ability. However, both studies with bilinguals as well as studies including children with DLD have revealed mixed results. Moreover, the interaction of bilingualism and DLD has not been addressed and the origin of the stronger or weaker switching performance is unknown. The current study aimed to fill these gaps…

  • Learning from atypical development

    Open AccessEmma Everaert, Tessel Boerma et al.ARTICLEDevelopmental Review2021

  • Cross-language distance influences receptive vocabulary outcomes of bilingual children

    Open AccessE Blom, Tessel Boerma et al.ARTICLEFirst Language2020

    Various studies have shown that bilingual children score lower than their monolingual peers on standardized receptive vocabulary tests. This study investigates if this effect is moderated by language distance. Dutch receptive vocabulary was tested with the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT). The impact of cross-language distance was examined by comparing bilingual groups with a small (Close; n = 165) and a large between-language distance (Dis…

  • Multilingual Assessment Instrument for Narratives (Main) adapted for use in Dutch

    Open AccessE Blom, Tessel Boerma et al.ARTICLEZAS Papers in Linguistics2020

    This contribution provides an overview of the current state of affairs with respect to the Dutch version of the Multilingual Assessment Instrument for Narratives (MAIN). We describe properties of the Dutch MAIN, the creation of the Dutch MAIN, and the results of recent research with this new instrument to measure narrative competence

  • Effects of language impairment and bilingualism across domains

    Open AccessE Blom, Tessel BoermaARTICLELinguistic Approaches to…2017

    Purpose: This study examined the effects of language impairment (LI) and bilingualism across vocabulary, morphology and verbal memory in a sample of children learning Dutch. Methods: Children (M AGE = 71 months) were assigned to a monolingual group with typical development (TD) ( n = 30), bilingual TD ( n = 30), monolingual LI ( n = 30) or bilingual LI group ( n = 30). Vocabulary was measured with the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, morphology w…