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Interpreting the Early Language Trajectories of Children from Low-SES and Language Minority Homes: Implications for Closing Achievement Gaps
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Hoff, Erika – Developmental Psychology, 2013
On average, children from low socioeconomic status (SES) homes and children from homes in which a language other than English is spoken have language development trajectories that are different from those of children from middle-class, monolingual English-speaking homes. Children from low-SES and language minority homes have unique linguistic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, English (Second Language), Language Skills, Second Language Learning
Language and Literacy Development of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children: Successes and Challenges
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Lederberg, Amy R.; Schick, Brenda; Spencer, Patricia E. – Developmental Psychology, 2013
Childhood hearing loss presents challenges to language development, especially spoken language. In this article, we review existing literature on deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) children's patterns and trajectories of language as well as development of theory of mind and literacy. Individual trajectories vary significantly, reflecting access to…
Descriptors: Children, Hearing Impairments, Deafness, Barriers
Removing Obstacles for African American English-Speaking Children through Greater Understanding of Language Difference
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Pearson, Barbara Zurer; Conner, Tracy; Jackson, Janice E. – Developmental Psychology, 2013
Language difference among speakers of African American English (AAE) has often been considered language deficit, based on a lack of understanding about the AAE variety. Following Labov (1972), Wolfram (1969), Green (2002, 2011), and others, we define AAE as a complex rule-governed linguistic system and briefly discuss language structures that it…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Dialects, Speech Communication, Language Acquisition
Supersizing Effect Sizes Raises Concerns: A Reply to Zimmerman (2014)
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Donnellan, M. Brent; Ferguson, Christopher J. – Developmental Psychology, 2014
Zimmerman (2014) suggested that our reanalysis adds little to the scientific literature. We disagree. We clarify our motivations and explain how further analyses based on his suggestion for age do not change our conclusions. Moreover, we believe the nascent experimental literature is more in line with our interpretations than Zimmerman's. We…
Descriptors: Effect Size, Reader Response, Criticism, Language Acquisition
Difference or Disorder? Cultural Issues in Understanding Neurodevelopmental Disorders
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Norbury, Courtenay Frazier; Sparks, Alison – Developmental Psychology, 2013
Developmental disorders, such as autism spectrum disorder and specific language impairment, are biologically based disorders that currently rely on behaviorally defined criteria for diagnosis and treatment. Specific behaviors that are included in diagnostic frameworks and the point at which individual differences in behavior constitute abnormality…
Descriptors: North Americans, Values, Autism, Language Impairments
Oral Language and Reading: Reply to Bracken
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Developmental Psychology, 2005
Early language competence in preschool relates both directly and indirectly to elementary school reading in both 1st and 3rd grades. Further, comprehensive language skills are more strongly related to early reading than are vocabulary scores alone. In response to a challenge by S. A. Bracken (2005), the current article reaffirms the National…
Descriptors: Early Reading, Reading Research, Vocabulary, Oral Language