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Casalis, S.; Deacon, S. H.; Pacton, S. – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2011
This study examined the relationship between morphological awareness and spelling. We show that French children in Grades 3 and 4 appear to use morphological information in spelling; spelling of sounds for which there are several alternatives was more accurate in derived than in nonderived words. The link between morphological awareness and…
Descriptors: Spelling, Morphology (Languages), Grade 3, Grade 4
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Dickinson, David K.; Porche, Michelle V. – Child Development, 2011
Indirect effects of preschool classroom indexes of teacher talk were tested on fourth-grade outcomes for 57 students from low-income families in a longitudinal study of classroom and home influences on reading. Detailed observations and audiotaped teacher and child language data were coded to measure content and quantity of verbal interactions in…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Play, Low Income, Child Language
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Jacobson, Peggy; Livert, David – Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 2010
This study compared the use of English past tense in a group of Spanish-English bilingual children with language impairment (BLI) to younger groups of bilinguals with typical and atypical language development reported in an earlier study. Ten children with BLI enrolled in 3rd-6th grade participated. Children supplied 12 regular, 12 irregular, and…
Descriptors: Verbs, Language Impairments, Monolingualism, Elementary School Students