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An Investigation on the Comprehension of English Idioms among Moi Primary School Children in Nairobi
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Amos, Ngoge Tabley; Abas, Imelda Hermilinda – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2021
The competence in identifying and comprehending the meaning of idiomatic expressions developed at an early age. However, second language learners reach the comprehension skill differently within the age and at pace. There are many unresolved questions regarding the age which children start to comprehend L2 idioms. The objective of this study was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Storytelling Comes Alive: Preschoolers' Development of Narrative Comprehension and Academic Language within a Participatory Oral Storytelling Intervention
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Marjorie Whiteley Rowe – ProQuest LLC, 2020
Extensive bodies of literature examining child language acquisition and early literacy development indicate that the language and literacy opportunities young children have at home and in school settings, including the nature of their language interactions with adults and their exposure to books and stories, are consequential for mastery of…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Preschool Education, Oral Language, Story Telling
Improving Children's Formal Word Definitions: A Feasibility Study
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Marinellie, Sally A. – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2010
The ability to define a word with accuracy and precision is an important skill that has been associated with academic achievement. This study investigated the feasibility of conducting a lesson on formal word definitions to improve children's definitional production. The participants were 18 children in grade 4 (mean age: 9 years; 8 months) who…
Descriptors: Feasibility Studies, Verbs, Nouns, Definitions
Linguistic Cohesion and the Developing Reader/Writer.
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Irwin, Judith Westphal – Topics in Language Disorders, 1988
Linguistic cohesion involves the semantic and syntactic relationships that link sentences together. Research on linguistic cohesion is related to readability and to developmental and ability-level issues in reading/writing. Instructional strategies for low-ability readers/writers include predicting comprehension problems through cohesion analysis…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cohesion (Written Composition), Developmental Stages, Discourse Analysis
How Does Children's Talking Encourage the Structure of Writing?
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Conlan, Kathleen – British Educational Research Journal, 1995
Reports on an action research study to determine the possibilities of extending language development opportunities for 26 male 4 to 5-year-old students. Describes teaching methods used, including story telling, questioning, and drama. Explores issues that emerged during the study and evaluates teacher behavior. (CFR)
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Drama, Early Childhood Education
The Meaning Makers: Children Learning Language and Using Language to Learn. First Edition.
Wells, Gordon – 1986
Based on a longitudinal study of language development, this book charts the language development of 32 British children from shortly after their first birthdays to the end of their elementary education, and explores a number of questions related to this development. Chapter 1 describes the children and their families, chapter 2 discusses the…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment