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Peer reviewedMoerk, Ernst L.; Moerk, Claudia – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1979
Presents methodological and factual analyses of children's use of imitative speech as a strategy in language acquisition. The impact of conversational interactions and picture-story books on the speech of one girl aged 20 to 32 months is demonstrated. Four methodological problem areas are analyzed. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Generalization, Imitation, Infants
Peer reviewedGoodsitt, Jan; And Others – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1988
Examines interactions between 48 mothers and their two- , three-and-a-half-, and five-year-old children during book reading sessions. Formal reading and interchange about story content increased with age and book familiarity, while labelling decreased with age and book familiarity. (RJC)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Beginning Reading, Cognitive Development, Comprehension
