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Silent Finns and Talkative Italians? An Investigation of Communicative Differences and Similarities as Perceived by Parents in Typically Developing Children
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Gabbatore, Ilaria; Dindar, Katja; Pirinen, Veera; Vähänikkilä, Hannu; Mämmelä, Laura; Kotila, Aija; Bosco, Francesca M.; Leinonen, Eeva; Loukusa, Soile – First Language, 2023
Effective communication is a fundamental aspect of children's daily living, enabling interaction with adults and peers. A rich literature suggests that communicative abilities develop with age, while little is known about cross-cultural differences and similarities. This study presents a comparison of the communicative performance of Finnish (n =…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries, Communication Skills
The Development and Psychometric Properties of a Shared Book Reading Observational Tool: The Emergent Literacy and Language Early Childhood Checklist for Teachers (ELLECCT)
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Weadman, Tessa; Serry, Tanya; Snow, Pamela C. – First Language, 2022
Shared book reading in preschool settings plays an influential role in supporting children's oral language and emergent literacy skills. Early childhood teachers can provide high-quality shared book reading experiences using extratextual utterances (reading beyond the story text) to maximise these learning outcomes. We report on the development…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Early Childhood Teachers, Emergent Literacy, Literacy Education
Parents Modify Gesture According to Task Demands and Child Language Needs
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Wray, Charlotte; Norbury, Courtenay Frazier – First Language, 2018
Parent-child interaction plays a crucial role in early language acquisition. In young typically developing children, direct and indirect relationships between parent gesture, child gesture and child language have been observed. Far less is known about these relationships in atypical language development. The present study investigated parent…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Nonverbal Communication, Language Acquisition, Problem Solving
Productive Vocabulary among Three Groups of Bilingual American Children: Comparison and Prediction
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Cote, Linda R.; Bornstein, Marc H. – First Language, 2014
The importance of input factors for bilingual children's vocabulary development was investigated. Forty-seven Argentine, 42 South Korean, 51 European American, 29 Latino immigrant, 26 Japanese immigrant, and 35 Korean immigrant mothers completed checklists of their 20-month-old children's productive vocabularies. Bilingual children's vocabulary…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Vocabulary Development, Linguistic Input, Acculturation