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The Role of Language Skills in Learning to Read: The Case of Bilingualism in French Overseas Departments
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Negro, Isabelle; Genelot, Sophie – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2012
This study aims to explain how the practice of two languages (French and Creole) in French overseas departments affects the first educational competencies acquired by children. The students' performance in both languages was investigated at the beginning of kindergarten, and their reading capacities were measured at the end of Grade 1. The data…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Data Analysis, Academic Achievement, Language Skills
Social and Linguistic Input in Low-Income African American Mother-Child Dyads from 1 Month through 2 Years: Relations to Vocabulary Development
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Shimpi, Priya M.; Fedewa, Alicia; Hans, Sydney – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2012
The relation of social and linguistic input measures to early vocabulary development was examined in 30 low-income African American mother-infant pairs. Observations were conducted when the child was 0 years, 1 month (0;1), 0;4, 0;8, 1;0, 1;6, and 2;0. Maternal input was coded for word types and tokens, contingent responsiveness, and…
Descriptors: Outcome Measures, Correlation, Longitudinal Studies, Child Language
Long-Term Relationships among Early First Language Skills, Second Language Aptitude, Second Language Affect, and Later Second Language Proficiency
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Sparks, Richard L.; Patton, Jon; Ganschow, Leonore; Humbach, Nancy – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2009
Fifty-four students were followed over 10 years beginning in first grade to determine best predictors of oral and written second language (L2) proficiency. Predictor variables included measures of first language (L1) skill administered in first through fifth grades, L1 academic aptitude, L2 aptitude (Modern Language Aptitude Test), and L2 affect…
Descriptors: Second Languages, Predictor Variables, Aptitude Tests, Decoding (Reading)
Lexical Acquisition over Time in Minority First Language Children Learning English as a Second Language
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Golberg, Heather; Paradis, Johanne; Crago, Martha – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2008
The English second language development of 19 children (mean age at outset = 5 years, 4 months) from various first language backgrounds was examined every 6 months for 2 years, using spontaneous language sampling, parental questionnaires, and a standardized receptive vocabulary test. Results showed that the children's mean mental age equivalency…
Descriptors: Mental Age, Verbs, Vocabulary Development, Nonverbal Ability
The Influences of Number of Syllables and Wordlikeness on Children's Repetition of Nonwords.
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Gathercole, Susan E; And Others – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1991
Investigates developmental association between nonword repetition performance and vocabulary knowledge by evaluating the role of phonological memory and linguistic factors in nonword repetition. (29 references) (GLR)
Descriptors: Children, Language Processing, Longitudinal Studies, Memory
The Relation of Input Factors to Lexical Learning by Bilingual Infants.
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Pearson, Barbara Z.; And Others – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1997
Examined the strength of the association between language exposure estimates and vocabulary learning for simultaneous bilingual infants with differing patterns of exposure to the languages being learned. Findings revealed that the correlation was strong, even for children whose language environments changed by more than 20% between observations.…
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Bilingualism, Child Language, Correlation
Productive Phonology and Phonological Awareness in Preschool Children.
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Webster, Penelope E.; Plante, Amy Solomon – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1995
Reports on a longitudinal study of the relationship between productive phonological ability and awareness in children under the age of six. The study followed 45 subjects with variant productive phonology levels from the mean age of 3 years, 6 months to 6 years, 0 months. As a child matures in productive phonology, accompanying exponential growth…
Descriptors: Child Language, Discourse Analysis, Graphs, Language Processing