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Writing in a Bilingual Program: Habia una Vez.
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Edelsky, Carole – 1986
A year-long study of the writing development of 27 first through third graders in an English/Spanish bilingual program was conducted during the 1980-81 school year. Samples of the children's writing were collected at four intervals, coded for computer tallying, and analyzed in terms of code-switching, spelling, punctuation and segmentation,…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Child Language
Generally Speaking: How Children Learn Language.
Macaulay, Ronald – 1980
This book addresses child's language learning in a manner designed to be understandable to the nonspecialist. The major areas covered are: (1) learning one's first language; (2) the role of adults in the child's language learning; (3) discovering the structure of language: phonology; (4) discovering the structure of language: syntax; (5) learning…
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Child Language, Language Acquisition, Language Attitudes
Language Acquisition of a Bilingual Child: A Sociolinguistic Perspective (To Age Ten). Multilingual Matters 17.
Fantini, Alvino E. – 1985
An ongoing longitudinal study, 15 years old at the time of publication, is reported. It is a sociolinguistic, developmental study of the acquisition of two languages, Spanish and English, by a boy from birth, with data drawn from direct observation and occasional tape recordings of speech. An introductory chapter outlines the objectives and method…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Case Studies, Child Language, Children
Bilingual Children: From Birth to Teens.
Saunders, George – 1988
The sequel to a personal account of the bilingual development of two children in one family looks at subsequent development and issues in bilingualism for those two and an additional child, occurring over a five-year period. An introductory chapter defines bilingualism and considers briefly its advantages and disadvantages. The second chapter…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Case Studies, Child Development, Child Language
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
LAS Language Arts Supplement, English. Revised Edition.
DeAvila, Edward A.; Duncan, Sharon E. – 1977
This collection of over 100 games and activities is intended to increase oral proficiency among Spanish-speaking children without requiring reading skills. The collection grew out of the desire to provide remedies for specific linguistic weaknesses in English as identified by the Language Assessment Scales (LAS). Because tongue twisters, riddles…
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Child Language, Childrens Games
LAS Language Arts Supplement, Spanish. Revised Edition.
DeAvila, Edward A.; Duncan, Sharon E. – 1977
Like its English counterpart, this is a collection of over 100 games and activities whose intent is to increase oral proficiency without requiring reading skills. The collection grew out of the desire to provide remedies for specific linguistic weaknesses in Spanish as identified by the Language Assessment Scales. Because tongue twisters, riddles,…
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Child Language, Childrens Games