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Maternal Input to Children with Specific Language Impairment during Shared Book Reading: Is Mothers' Language in Tune with Their Children's Production?
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Majorano, Marinella; Lavelli, Manuela – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2014
Background: The literature on input addressed to children with specific language impairment (SLI) has shown contrasting results on the role that parents assume during conversational interactions. Some studies have shown that parents compensate for the child's linguistic limitations. In contrast, other studies have indicated that mothers are…
Descriptors: Language Impairments, Children, Mothers, Parent Role
Talking about Writing: What We Can Learn from Conversations between Parents and Their Young Children
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Robins, Sarah; Treiman, Rebecca – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2009
In six analyses using the Child Language Data Exchange System known as CHILDES, we explored whether and how parents and their 1.5- to 5-year-old children talk about writing. Parent speech might include information about the similarity between print and speech and about the difference between writing and drawing. Parents could convey similarity…
Descriptors: Semantics, Written Language, Freehand Drawing, Linguistic Input
Dyslexia and the Brain: What Does Current Research Tell Us?
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Hudson, Roxanne F.; High, Leslie; Al Otaiba, Stephanie – Reading Teacher, 2007
Dyslexia is a disorder of the language-processing systems in the brain. It is a specific learning disability in reading that often affects spelling as well. This article describes: (1) Common characteristics experienced by people with dyslexia or reading disabilities; (2) Common misconceptions about dyslexia; (3) What brain research tell us about…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Misconceptions, Learning Disabilities, Brain
Representational Demands in Mothers' Talk to Preschool Children in Two Contexts: Picture Book Reading and a Modelling Task.
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Sorsby, Angela J.; Martlew, Margaret – Journal of Child Language, 1991
Examines mothers' discourse in joint picture book reading in terms of the level of abstract thought it requires the child to make and compares this with language used in an interactive, product-oriented task, modelling a clown using play-doh. (39 references) (GLR)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Concept Formation, Discourse Analysis, Language Acquisition
Function and Structure in Maternal Speech: Their Relation to the Child's Development of Syntax.
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Hoff-Ginsberg, Erika – Developmental Psychology, 1986
Assesses the interrelations among the functional properties of maternal speech, the structural properties of maternal speech, and child language growth for a period of six months for 22 two-year-old children and their mothers. (HOD)
Descriptors: Child Language, Communication Skills, Influences, Interpersonal Communication
Language Acquisition.
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Montanaro, Silvana – NAMTA Journal, 2001
Discusses pre-linguistic and linguistic stages of language acquisition that are part of a continuum of receptivity and communication every child experiences in the first 3 years of life. Suggests parents assist language development by being sympathetic to each developmental turning point, providing the right emotional climate for expression, and…
Descriptors: Caregiver Speech, Child Language, Early Childhood Education, Educational Environment
Language and the Developing Brain.
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Eliot, Lise – NAMTA Journal, 2001
Discusses the centers of language in the brain and the critical period for language acquisition. Explains developmental milestones of language development--receptive language, babbling, short phrases, full sentences--in the context of brain development. Emphasizes parents' role in language development, including talking to the child, dialogic…
Descriptors: Brain, Caregiver Speech, Child Language, Early Childhood Education