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Telling Stories in Two Languages: Multiple Approaches to Understanding English-Japanese Bilingual Children's Narratives
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Minami, Masahiko – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2011
The topic of bilingualism has aroused considerable interest in research on language acquisition in recent decades. Researchers in various fields, such as developmental psychology and psycholinguistics, have investigated bilingual populations from different perspectives in order to understand better how bilingualism affects cognitive abilities like…
Descriptors: Psycholinguistics, Metalinguistics, Developmental Psychology, Language Acquisition
Writing: A Mosaic of New Perspectives
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Grigorenko, Elena L., Ed.; Mambrino, Elisa, Ed.; Preiss, David D., Ed. – Psychology Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2012
This book captures the diversity and richness of writing as it relates to different forms of abilities, skills, competencies, and expertise. Psychologists, educators, researchers, and practitioners in neighboring areas are interested in exploring how writing develops and in what manner this development can be fostered, but they lack a handy,…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Written Language, Literacy, Child Development
Children and Language: Readings in Early Language and Socialization.
Rogers, Sinclair, Ed. – 1975
Although the study of the acquisition of a first language has been split by a controversy between the "innatists" and the "behaviorists," neither group has given enough consideration to the relationship between language development and the other developments of the child (social, cognitive, and perceptual). This collection of readings links the…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages
Observing the Language Learner.
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Jaggar, Angela, Ed.; Smith-Burke, M. Trika, Ed. – 1985
Intended for teachers and others having responsibility for shaping language policy in the schools, this collection of invited, original articles is based on the belief that a teacher's task is not to "teach" children language but, rather, to create an environment that will allow language learning to occur naturally. The book is divided into four…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Child Development, Child Language, Classroom Environment
Language Disorders from a Developmental Perspective: Essays in Honor of Robin S. Chapman. New Directions in Communication Disorders Research
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Paul, Rhea, Ed. – Psychology Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2006
The last 25 years have witnessed an explosion of research at the intersection of typical language development and child language disorders. A pioneer in bringing these fields of study together is Robin S. Chapman, Emerita, University of Wisconsin. This contributed volume honors her with chapters written by former students and colleagues, who track…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Evidence, Comprehension, Language Impairments
The Meaning Makers: Children Learning Language and Using Language to Learn. First Edition.
Wells, Gordon – 1986
Based on a longitudinal study of language development, this book charts the language development of 32 British children from shortly after their first birthdays to the end of their elementary education, and explores a number of questions related to this development. Chapter 1 describes the children and their families, chapter 2 discusses the…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment
Communication Development and Disorders in African American Children: Research, Assessment, and Intervention.
Kamhi, Alan G., Ed.; And Others – 1996
The collection of papers on language development and African-American children includes: "The Challenges of Conducting Language Research with African American Children" (Holly K. Craig); "Issues in Recruiting African American Participants for Research" (Joyce L. Harris); "Issues in Assessing the Language Abilities of…
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Black Dialects, Black Youth, Child Development