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Childers, Jane B.; Porter, Blaire; Dolan, Megan; Whitehead, Clare B.; McIntyre, Kevin P. – First Language, 2020
To learn a verb, children must attend to objects and relations, often within a dynamic scene. Several studies show that comparing varied events linked to a verb helps children learn verbs, but there is also controversy in this area. This study asks whether children benefit from seeing variation across events as they learn a new verb, and uses an…
Descriptors: Verbs, Attention, Language Acquisition, Eye Movements
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van Berkel-van Hoof, Lian; Hermans, Daan; Knoors, Harry; Verhoeven, Ludo – First Language, 2020
Previous research found a beneficial effect of augmentative signs (signs from a sign language used alongside speech) on spoken word learning by signing deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) children. The present study compared oral DHH children, and hearing children in a condition with babble noise in order to investigate whether prolonged experience…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Hearing Impairments, Deafness, Sign Language