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Weigel, Daniel J.; Martin, Sally S.; Lowman, Jennifer L. – Early Child Development and Care, 2017
Several challenges arise when researchers or practitioners attempt to assess the literacy skills of toddlers, including a lack of developmentally appropriate measures, toddlers' more limited communication ability, and how literacy is defined in the years before age three. This paper describes four new measures of early literacy development and…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Emergent Literacy, Test Validity, Test Reliability
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Edwards, Claire Maples – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2014
Maternal emergent literacy practices during shared-reading interactions with 18-36-month-old toddlers were examined. The investigation of emergent literacy behaviours of both mothers and toddlers investigated included the examination of phonological awareness and written language awareness. Participants included 15 mother-toddler dyads from middle…
Descriptors: Mothers, Reading Habits, Literacy, Reading Aloud to Others
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Ijalba, Elizabeth – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2015
Few studies explore parent-implemented literacy interventions in the home language for young children with problems in language acquisition. A shift in children's use of the home language to English has been documented when English is the only language of instruction. When parents are not proficient in English, such language shift can limit…
Descriptors: Parents as Teachers, Literacy Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Language Usage