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Peer reviewedHolbrook, Hilary Taylor – Language Arts, 1983
Examines materials in the ERIC system related to children's early oral language and the transition from home language to the more formal language used in school. Offers activities for a classroom climate that is responsive to children's oral language development needs. (HTH)
Descriptors: Child Language, Classroom Environment, Elementary Education, English Instruction
Peer reviewedJolly, Thomas – Language Arts, 1980
Describes ERIC resources that present research on children's language usage and development and that suggest activities for the promotion of language development. (ET)
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Elementary Education, Language Acquisition
Download full textPerron, Jack – 1975
The first section of this paper discusses recent writing research and the basic elements of language development. The second section describes a program which used a sentence-combining method as an activity-based experience for language development. A six-month study involved all fourth graders at Powell School in Mountain View, California. The…
Descriptors: Child Language, Elementary Education, Experimental Teaching, Language Acquisition
Pinnell, Gay Su – 1975
The variety of language produced in school was examined with regard to the functions for which children use language and to elements of the context, emphasizing activities in which children engage and the expectations held by teachers and children. Language data was gathered from twelve children who wore a concealed, wireless recorder and were…
Descriptors: Child Language, Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Classroom Research
Genishi, Celia; Dyson, Anne Haas – 1984
Encouraging the appreciation and assessment of children's language and communication, from birth to the age of eight, is the focus of this volume. Following an introduction, chapter 2 elaborates on the interactionist framework, citing recent studies related to the acquisition of oral language and literacy, while the next two chapters describe…
Descriptors: Child Language, Early Childhood Education, Educational Assessment, Interaction
Cowe, Eileen Grace – 1967
A study of two public school kindergarten classes in New York City, heterogeneously grouped according to ethnic origin and social background, revealed that the maturity and fluency of the children's language varied according to the type of classroom activity in which they were engaged. From observational recordings of teacher-class interaction, it…
Descriptors: Child Language, English Instruction, Kindergarten Children, Language Acquisition
Redard, Francoise – 1976
This is a report of a study conducted by a group of teachers to discover the extent to which students in the first three years of school were aware of the phonetic system of their native language (French) with emphasis on the means they used to analyze it. In the first year, the children discovered phonetic oppositions by touching their lips and…
Descriptors: Aural Learning, Child Language, Discovery Learning, Discovery Processes
