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Dato, Daniel P., Ed. – 1975
The proceedings of this Georgetown University Round Table on developmental psycholinguistics are divided into four sections: (1) "Children's Language Acquisition: Linguistic and Psycholinguistic Theory"; (2) "Children's Language Acquisition and Communicative Disorders"; (3) "Developmental Psycholinguistics and Second…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Child Language, Fathers, Intellectual Development
Johns, Kenneth M. – 1988
The purpose of this fastback is to help teachers find out how children acquire a second language and explore the linguistic foundations on which sound English as a Second Language (ESL) curricula can be developed. It is intended for the regular classroom teacher, not the ESL specialist. Central findings in research on second language learning…
Descriptors: Caregivers, Child Language, Children, Developmental Stages
Cummins, James – 1977
Studies conducted with middle-class balanced bilinguals in "additive" environments, where both languages are prestigious, have generally reported that bilinguals showed a higher level of cognitive performance than monolinguals. In these studies, bilinguals showed higher levels of general intellectual skills, higher levels of divergent thinking, a…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Child Language, Cognitive Ability