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Direct linkKwon, Jungmin – Teachers College Press, 2022
This book provides targeted suggestions that educators can use to ensure successful teaching and learning with today's growing population of transnational, multilingual students. The text offers insights based on the author's observations, interactions, and interviews with second-generation immigrant children, their families, and their teachers in…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Children, Multilingualism, Elementary School Students
Tomblin, J. Bruce, Ed.; Nippold, Marilyn A., Ed. – Psychology Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2014
This volume presents the findings of a large-scale study of individual differences in spoken (and heard) language development during the school years. The goal of the study was to investigate the degree to which language abilities at school entry were stable over time and influential in the child's overall success in important aspects of…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Language Acquisition, Language Skills, Longitudinal Studies
Green, Lisa J. – Cambridge University Press, 2011
How do children acquire African American English? How do they develop the specific language patterns of their communities? Drawing on spontaneous speech samples and data from structured elicitation tasks, this book explains the developmental trends in the children's language. It examines topics such as the development of tense/aspect marking,…
Descriptors: African American Children, Child Language, Language Acquisition, Black Dialects
Ambridge, Ben; Lieven, Elena V. M. – Cambridge University Press, 2011
Is children's language acquisition based on innate linguistic structures or built from cognitive and communicative skills? This book summarises the major theoretical debates in all of the core domains of child language acquisition research (phonology, word-learning, inflectional morphology, syntax and binding) and includes a complete introduction…
Descriptors: Children, Child Language, Language Acquisition, Language Research
Hall, Ellen Lynn; Rudkin, Jennifer Kofkin – Teachers College Press, 2011
Using examples from a Reggio-inspired school with children from ages 6 weeks to 6 years, the authors emphasize the importance of children's rights and our responsibility as adults to hear their voices. "Seen and Heard" summarizes research and theory pertaining to young children's rights in the United States, and offers strategies educators can use…
Descriptors: Discussion, Early Childhood Education, Childrens Rights, Young Children
Bardige, Betty S. – Brookes Publishing Company, 2009
Playful, engaging talk with young children is much more than a social activity: it's the foundation of language, intellectual, and social-emotional development, and it's also the key to narrowing the achievement gap between children from different socioeconomic backgrounds. Now there's a practical, easy-to-read guidebook that shows professionals…
Descriptors: Infants, Young Children, Child Language, Language Acquisition
Edwards, Carolyn, Ed.; Gandini, Lella, Ed.; Forman, George, Ed. – Praeger, 2011
Why does the city of Reggio Emilia in northern Italy feature one of the best public systems of early education in the world? This book documents the comprehensive and innovative approach that utilizes the "hundred languages of children" to support their well-being and foster their intellectual development. Reggio Emilia is a fast-growing…
Descriptors: Verbal Communication, Theater Arts, Quality of Life, Young Children
Lally, J. Ronald, Ed.; Mangione, Peter L., Ed.; Greenwald, Deborah, Ed. – WestEd, 2006
Leading experts in infant/toddler development have contributed succinct essays drawn from research, theory, clinical case studies, and carefully documented practice. Each essay represents current thinking in the field of infant/toddler development and care. Individually and as a collection, the essays provide a springboard for reflection,…
Descriptors: Infants, Toddlers, Young Children, Child Development
Robson, Sue – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2006
Invaluable for anyone looking to understand young children's thinking, this essential textbook helpfully combines introductions to theories about thinking with observations from real-life practice. The book explores underlying theories behind topics such as: (1) the relationship between nature and nurture; (2) models of cognitive development, with…
Descriptors: Young Children, Thinking Skills, Learning, Nature Nurture Controversy
Paul, Rhea, Ed. – Psychology Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2006
The last 25 years have witnessed an explosion of research at the intersection of typical language development and child language disorders. A pioneer in bringing these fields of study together is Robin S. Chapman, Emerita, University of Wisconsin. This contributed volume honors her with chapters written by former students and colleagues, who track…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Evidence, Comprehension, Language Impairments
