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A Young Linguistic and Cultural Mediator: A Case of Trilingual Siblings' Interaction
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Kwon, Jungmin; Martínez-Álvarez, Patricia – International Multilingual Research Journal, 2022
Siblings play crucial roles in each other's cognitive and language development because they observe, imitate, and receive guidance and support from each other during their interactions. In this research, we examined trilingual siblings (ages 6 and 9) from an immigrant family with a rarely explored cultural background (American-born children of…
Descriptors: Sibling Relationship, Language Acquisition, Multilingualism, Children
Maternal Speech to Verbal and Higher Functioning versus Nonverbal and Lower Functioning Autistic Children.
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Konstantareas, M. Mary; And Others – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1988
Comparison of mother child interactions between two groups of mother child pairs--10 higher functioning verbal autistic children and their mothers and 10 lower functioning nonverbal autistic children and mothers--found that mothers tended to be quite responsive to their children's relative capabilities. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Autism, Interaction Process Analysis, Interpersonal Relationship, Language Acquisition
Improving the Social Communication Skills of At-Risk Preschool Children in a Play Context.
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Craig-Unkefer, Lesley A.; Kaiser, Ann P. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2002
This study examined effects of an intervention (planned play, use of conversational social interaction strategies, and evaluation of play strategies) on the social-communicative interactions of six preschool children at risk for language delays and behavior problems. The intervention led to increases in social communicative behaviors, use of…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Interaction Process Analysis, Interpersonal Relationship
Verbal Modeling Behavior in Mother-Child Interaction
Longhurst, Thomas M.; And Others – Acta Symbolica, 1974
Discusses an alternate method of examining the verbal interaction of mothers and their children in dyadic communication. The behavior of both mothers and children differed significantly according to the ages of the children involved. Acta Symbolica, 807 Jefferson Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee 38105. Subscription Rates: annually, $12.00 individuals,…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Behavioral Science Research, Higher Education, Interaction
The Development of Social Interaction from Infancy through Adolescence.
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Newman, Barbara M. – 1974
This paper traces the development of interpersonal skills and characterizes the essential features of social interaction as they change from infancy to adolescence. It is demonstrated that, at each life stage, the quality of social relationships is dependent on the person's capacity for interpersonal closeness, his ability to use language, and his…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cognitive Development, Developmental Psychology, Egocentrism
Symbolic Arts: The Effect of Movement and Drama upon the Oral Communication of Children in Grade Two.
Norton, Natalie Joyce – 1973
The purpose of this study was to investigate the symbolic languages of movement and drama in terms of their ability to stimulate and expand the oral communication of children in grade two. Included was a substudy to determine the effect of such a program upon the self-actualization of children in grade two. The oral language was studied…
Descriptors: Body Language, Communication (Thought Transfer), Drama, Grade 2