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Fast Mapping in Late-Talking Toddlers
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Weismer, Susan Ellis; Venker, Courtney E.; Evans, Julia L.; Moyle, Maura Jones – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2013
This study investigated fast mapping in late-talking (LT) toddlers and toddlers with normal language (NL) development matched on age, nonverbal cognition, and maternal education. The fast-mapping task included novel object labels and familiar words. The LT group scored significantly lower than the NL group on novel word comprehension and…
Descriptors: Language Aptitude, Language Acquisition, Probability, Concept Mapping
Evaluation of a Deductive Procedure to Teach Grammatical Inflections to Children with Language Impairment
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Finestack, Lizbeth H.; Fey, Marc E. – American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 2009
Purpose: To evaluate the learning effects of a deductive language-teaching procedure when teaching a novel gender agreement verb inflection to children with language impairment. Method: Thirty-two 6-8-year-old children with language impairment were randomly assigned to either a deductive (N = 16) or an inductive (N = 16) treatment group. In the…
Descriptors: Verbs, Morphemes, Grammar, Language Impairments
Social versus Intrapersonal ToM: Social ToM Is a Cognitive Strength for Low- and Middle-SES Children
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Lucariello, Joan M.; Durand, Tina M.; Yarnell, Lisa – Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 2007
Metarepresentational theory of mind (ToM) was studied in middle- and low-SES five- and six-year-olds. Two aspects of ToM were distinguished. Reasoning about one's own mental states (Intrapersonal ToM) was assessed in the intrapersonal ToM task condition and reasoning about others' mental states (Social ToM) was assessed in the social ToM task…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Language Aptitude, Cognitive Development, Socioeconomic Status
Language and Theory of Mind: Meta-Analysis of the Relation between Language Ability and False-Belief Understanding
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Milligan, Karen; Astington, Janet Wilde; Dack, Lisa Ain – Child Development, 2007
Numerous studies show that children's language ability is related to false-belief understanding. However, there is considerable variation in the size of the correlation reported. Using data from 104 studies (N=8,891), this meta-analysis determines the strength of the relation in children under age 7 and examines moderators that may account for the…
Descriptors: Language Aptitude, Cognitive Development, Meta Analysis, Child Language
Weighing the Benefits of Studying a Foreign Language at a Younger Starting Age in a Minimal Input Situation
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Larson-Hall, Jenifer – Second Language Research, 2008
This study examined whether a younger starting age is advantageous in a situation of minimal exposure to an instructed foreign language ([less than or equal] 4 hours classroom contact per week). Previous theoretical and empirical studies indicated there should be no advantage for an earlier start. Japanese college students who started studying…
Descriptors: Phonemics, Language Attitudes, Second Language Learning, Language Aptitude
Hidden Language Impairments in Children: Parallels between Poor Reading Comprehension and Specific Language Impairment?
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Nation, Kate; Clarke, Paula; Marshall, Catherine M.; Durand, Marianne – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2004
This study investigates the oral language skills of 8-year-old children with impaired reading comprehension. Despite fluent and accurate reading and normal nonverbal ability, these children are poor at understanding what they have read. Tasks tapping 3 domains of oral language, namely phonology, semantics, and morphosyntax, were administered,…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, Semantics, Phonology, Language Skills