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Direct linkHila Gendler-Shalev; Rama Novogrodsky – First Language, 2024
Toddlers with smaller vocabulary than expected for their age are considered late talkers (LT). This study explored the effects of characteristics of words on vocabulary acquisition of 12- to 24-month-old LT children compared with an age matched (AM) and a vocabulary matched (VM) group of typically developing peers. Using the…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Phonology, Hebrew, Language Skills
Masur, Elise Frank; Flynn, Valerie; Olson, Janet – First Language, 2016
Research on immediate effects of background television during mother-infant toy play shows that an operating television in the room disrupts maternal communicative behaviors crucial for infants' vocabulary acquisition. This study is the first to examine associations between frequent background TV/video exposure during mother-infant toy play at…
Descriptors: Infants, Television Viewing, Play, Toys
Labrell, Florence; van Geert, Paul; Declercq, Christelle; Baltazart, Véronique; Caillies, Stéphanie; Olivier, Marie; Le Sourn-Bissaoui, Sandrine – First Language, 2014
Dynamic analyses of language growth tell us how vocabulary and grammar develop and how the two might be intertwined. Analyses of growth curves between 17 and 42 months, based on longitudinal data for 34 children, revealed interesting patterns of vocabulary and grammatical developments. They showed that these patterns were nonlinear, but with…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Profiles, Infants, Toddlers
Niklas, Frank; Schneider, Wolfgang – First Language, 2017
Children develop linguistic competencies during interactions with more knowledgeable others. Consequently, one way to support this development is by enhancing the home literacy environment (HLE) in which children live. In this study a non-intensive intervention procedure was developed to improve HLE and linguistic competencies of 125 German…
Descriptors: Intervention, Family Environment, Family Literacy, Vocabulary Development
Llauradó, Anna; Tolchinsky, Liliana – First Language, 2013
Lexical development is a key facet of later language development. To characterize the linguistic knowledge of school age children, performance in the written modality must also be considered. This study tracks the growth of written text-embedded lexicon in Catalan-speaking children and adolescents. Participants (N = 2161), aged from 5 to 16 years…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Romance Languages, Native Language, Computational Linguistics
Suggate, Sebastian P.; Lenhard, Wolfgang; Neudecker, Elisabeth; Schneider, Wolfgang – First Language, 2013
Both reading and language experiences contribute to vocabulary development, but questions remain as to what effect each has and when. This article investigates the effects that reading, telling and sharing a story have on vocabulary acquisition. Children (N = 37) were told nine stories in a randomized, single-blind and counterbalanced 2 × 3 mixed…
Descriptors: Incidental Learning, Vocabulary Development, Elementary School Students, Language Tests
