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Gauthier, K.; Genesee, F.; Dubois, M. E.; Kasparian K. – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2013
This study presents findings on patterns of communication between internationally adopted children and their mothers in order to better understand the nature of these interactions and their influence on language learning. We examined maternal language use and joint attention behaviors of mothers and their children in 21 mother-child pairs: 10…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Adoption, North Americans, Foreign Countries
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Arriaga, Rose I.; Fenson, Larry; Cronan, Terry; Pethick, Stephen J. – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1998
This study compared language skills in a group of very low-income toddlers with those of a middle-income sample matched on age and sex. The assessment instrument used was the MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory for toddlers, a parent report form. Scores for low-income group were strikingly lower on three key indices evaluated: size of…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Expressive Language, Language Skills, Low Income