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Gray, Peter – Topics in Language Disorders, 2017
"Play" is a word used commonly to refer to children's preferred activities and to some adult activities, and it is often said that play promotes learning. But what is play exactly, and what and how do children learn through play? This essay begins with a description of an evolutionary, practice theory of play by German philosopher and…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Play, Skill Development, Psychomotor Skills
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Verhoeven, Ludo; Steenge, Judit; van Leeuwe, Jan; van Balkom, Hans – Topics in Language Disorders, 2017
In this study, we investigated which componential skills can be distinguished in the second language (L2) development of 140 bilingual children with specific language impairment in the Netherlands, aged 6-11 years, divided into 3 age groups. L2 development was assessed by means of spoken language tasks representing different language skills…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Children, Preadolescents, Foreign Countries
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Curenton, Stephanie M. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2015
This study provides qualitative and quantitative evidence of how an emotion explanation task can reflect African American preschoolers' pragmatic skills. We used an emotion explanation task to assess pragmatic skills among 19 children (aged 3-5 years) related to (1) engaging in conversational turn-taking, (2) answering "Wh-" questions,…
Descriptors: African American Children, Preschool Children, Emotional Response, Pragmatics
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Hanten, Gerri; Li, Xiaoqi; Newsome, Mary R.; Swank, Paul; Chapman, Sandra B.; Dennis, Maureen; Barnes, Marcia; Ewing-Cobbs, Linda; Levin, Harvey S. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2009
Oral reading and expressive language skills were examined in 2 cohorts of children aged 5-15 years, who had mild, moderate, or severe traumatic brain injury. Children recruited prospectively from time of injury were assessed on 5 occasions over 2 years in a longitudinal study of change in reading skills, using the Gray Oral Reading Test-3rd…
Descriptors: Sentences, Oral Reading, Head Injuries, Reading Tests