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Singh, Leher; Rajendra, Sarah J.; Mazuka, Reiko – Child Development Perspectives, 2022
Over the past 50 years, scientists have made amazing discoveries about the origins of human language acquisition. Central to this field of study is the process by which infants' perceptual sensitivities gradually align with native language structure, known as "perceptual narrowing." Perceptual narrowing offers a theoretical account of…
Descriptors: Infants, Cognitive Development, Child Development, Language Acquisition
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Benedek-Wood, Elizabeth; McNaughton, David; Light, Janice – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2016
This study used a multiple probe across participants' research design to evaluate the effects of instruction on the acquisition of letter-sound correspondences (LSCs) by three young children with autism spectrum disorder and limited speech. All three children (ages 3-5 years) reached criterion for identifying the LSCs targeted during instruction,…
Descriptors: Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence, Language Acquisition, Young Children, Autism