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Identifying Play Skills That Predict Children's Language in the Beginning of the First Year of School
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Stagnitti, Karen; Paatsch, Louise; Nolan, Andrea; Campbell, Kate – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2023
Strong oral language skills are foundational for literacy development and begin before a child enters formal schooling. Oral language development has been related to pretend play abilities in children. Children, particularly those from disadvantaged areas, who enter school with low pretend play levels and oral language abilities, are at risk for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Oral Language, Language Skills, Play
Cognitive Basis of Drawing in Young Children: Relationships with Language and Imaginary Companions
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Imafuku, Masahiro; Seto, Azusa – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
It has been suggested that children's drawings are associated with their representation ability. However, there is little research on the cognitive basis of drawing in young children. In this study, we investigated the relationship between drawing, language ability, and the presence of imaginary companions (ICs) in children aged between three and…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Cognitive Processes, Bias, Imagination
Enhancing Language Learning through Generative Artificial Intelligence in Blended Learning: An Empirical Study on Productive and Receptive of Informal Digital Learning English
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Tony Lee; Vincent Cho – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2025
This study investigated the role of generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools in facilitating informal digital English learning activities among second language (L2) learners in a Chinese context. It explored how factors like learners' ideal L2 self-imagination, international posture, and perceptions of information quality influence their…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Blended Learning, Technology Uses in Education, Learning Activities
A Play and Language Intervention for Two-Year-Old Children: Implications for Improving Play Skills and Language
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Conner, Julie; Kelly-Vance, Lisa; Ryalls, Brigette; Friehe, Mary – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2014
The purpose of this study was to develop an intervention for 2-year-old children to enhance play and language skills. The intervention was implemented over a 4-week period and included components of reading, modeling, and positive reinforcement of language and play. Specifically, children were read a story and played with a matching toy set.…
Descriptors: Intervention, Young Children, Play, Language Acquisition
"If You Think of the World as a Piece of Custard": Gifted Children's Use of Metaphor as a Tool for Conceptual Reasoning.
Hymer, Barry – Gifted Education International, 2003
A study examined the transcript of a group enquiry conducted according to the practice of philosophical enquiry with eight gifted children (ages 8-12). Use of a central metaphor was seen to play the role of a "conceptual playground," permitting the children to exercise both their imagination and their reasoning abilities. (Contains references.)…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Ability, Discourse Analysis, Elementary Education
Activities to Elicit Specific Language Functions: Varying the Factors of a Speech Event Does Influence the Appropriate Language.
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Staab, Claire F. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1983
A study investigated whether activities could be designed to elicit seven specific language functions in kindergartners: self-maintaining, directing, reporting, towards logical reasoning, predicting, projecting, and imagining. Language functions were not equally elicited by all activities, but changing activity was effective in varying language…
Descriptors: Child Language, Class Activities, Expressive Language, Imagination