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Explicit Cognate Instruction Facilitates Vocabulary Learning by Foreign Language Learners with Developmental Language Disorder
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Tribushinina, Elena; Niemann, Geke; Meuwissen, Joyce – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2023
This article is one of the first attempts to study the mechanisms of foreign language learning by children with DLD. We test the effectiveness of a cognate intervention aiming to enhance cross-linguistic awareness of Dutch-speaking primary-school pupils with DLD, as part of their English as a Foreign Language (EFL) curriculum. The participants…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Elementary School Students, Students with Disabilities
Stern, Gwiazda or Star: Screening Receptive Vocabulary Skills across Languages in Monolingual and Bilingual German-Polish or German-Turkish Children Using a Tablet Application
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Schaefer, Blanca; Ehlert, Hanna; Kemp, Lisa; Hoesl, Kristina; Schrader, Verena; Warnecke, Clarissa; Herrmann, Frank – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2019
There is a need to provide bilingual assessments and reference data to identify those who struggle to acquire their heritage language (L1) or the language spoken in the country of residence (L2). However, bilingual assessments and data are still sparse. Therefore, the aim was to use a tablet application to screen receptive vocabulary in different…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, German, Turkish, Polish
The Wrong Side of the Tracks: Starting School in a Socially Disadvantaged London Borough
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Alsford, Elizabeth; Ralephata, Andrew; Bolderson, Sarah; Curtin, Martina; Parish, Esther; Klaber, Victoria; Griffin, Sue; Nash, Lisa; Cullen, Rachel; Musoke, Brenda; Bhalla, Sangheeta; Walker, Lindsay; Duffer, Luisa; O'Sullivan, Sylvia; Knowland, Victoria; Cozens, Suzanne; McLaren, Lindsey; Camilleri, Bernard; Halil, Suzan; Furze, Rachael; Leung, Wai; O'Gorman, Ciara; Carver, Verity; Young, Dorothy; Pring, Tim – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2017
Substantial evidence exists that social circumstances can affect children's language development. As a result many children in socially deprived areas start school with delayed language, which may persist and adversely affect their attainment. We assessed the language of children in seven reception classes in a London (UK) borough and followed the…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, English, Native Language, English (Second Language)
Can a Novel Word Repetition Task Be a Language-Neutral Assessment Tool? Evidence from Welsh-English Bilingual Children
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Sharp, Kathryn M; Gathercole, Virginia C. Mueller – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2013
In recent years, there has been growing recognition of a need for a general, non-language-specific assessment tool that could be used to evaluate general speech and language abilities in children, especially to assist in identifying atypical development in bilingual children who speak a language unfamiliar to the assessor. It has been suggested…
Descriptors: Knowledge Level, Program Effectiveness, Bilingualism, Task Analysis