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Shneidman, Laura Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Theories of language acquisition have highlighted the importance of adult speakers as active participants in children's language learning. However, in many communities children are reported to be rarely directly engaged by their caregivers. This raises the possibility that children in these communities learn language from observing 3 rd party…
Descriptors: Evidence, Maya (People), Vocabulary Development, Linguistic Input
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Thal, Donna; Jackson-Maldonado, Donna; Acosta, Dora – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2000
The validity of the Fundacion MacArthur Inventaria de Habilidades Communicativas: Palabras y Enuciados was examined with twenty 20- and nineteen 28-month-old, typically developing, monolingual, Spanish-speaking children in Mexico. Results indicated validity for assessing expressive vocabulary in 20-month-olds and expressive vocabulary and grammar…
Descriptors: Expressive Language, Foreign Countries, Grammar, Language Acquisition