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Beaupoil-Hourdel, Pauline – Research-publishing.net, 2020
In teacher training curricula, books are presented as an ideal material for building and enriching young children's language. Yet, the routine of reading at home with children is hardly ever mentioned. In this chapter, the author proposes analyses of story-reading activities from a usage-based and first language acquisition perspective. The goal…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Native Language, Second Language Learning, Child Language
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Lin, Phoebe M. S. – Applied Linguistics, 2012
With the ever increasing number of studies on formulaic language, we are beginning to learn more about the processing of formulaic language (e.g. Ellis et al. 2008; Siyanova et al. 2011), its use in speech (e.g. Aijmer 1996; Wood 2012) and writing (e.g. Hyland 2008a, 2008b) and its application in natural language processing (e.g. Tschichold 2000).…
Descriptors: Evidence, Language Research, Applied Linguistics, Memory
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Nemeth, Karen N.; Erdosi, Valeria – Young Children, 2012
As infant/toddler programs encounter growing diversity, they need to reenvision the impact they have on children and families in all areas of practice, from recruiting new enrollees to stocking classrooms to changing the ways adults interact with children and families with different languages and from different cultures. What happens on the first…
Descriptors: Infants, Child Development, Early Childhood Education, Day Schools
Genesee, Fred – Zero to Three, 2008
Parents and child care personnel in English-dominant parts of the world often express misgivings about raising children bilingually. Their concerns are based on the belief that dual language learning during the infant-toddler stage confuses children, delays their development, and perhaps even results in reduced language competence. In this…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Toddlers, Infants, Bilingual Education
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Prieto, H. Victoria – Young Children, 2009
The belief that a child has to abandon his home language to learn English implies that the young brain has limited learning capacity. Early childhood teachers need to help families understand that children can learn two languages at the same time. What matters is that the infant/toddler is in an effective language-learning environment, whether it…
Descriptors: Infants, Toddlers, Language Usage, Preschool Teachers
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Thomas, Margaret – Journal of Education, 2000
Presents an overview of the first quarter century of the Boston University Conference on Language Development (BUCLD), using data from interviews with people who have had various close connections to the conference throughout the years, including all of the principal faculty advisors, and 25 years of BUCLD handbooks, which are compiled annually.…
Descriptors: Child Language, Conferences, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Acquisition
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MacWhinney, Brian; Snow, Catherine – Journal of Child Language, 1990
Examines the Child Language Data Exchange System (CHILDES), its organizational form, and its three major tools: (1) the CHILDES database of transcripts, (2) the CHAT system for transcribing and coding data, and (3) the CLAN programs for analyzing CHAT files. (GLR)
Descriptors: Child Language, Databases, Information Systems, Language Handicaps
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Wolfe-Quintero, Kate – Second Language Research, 1996
Focuses on nativist theories of language learning and how they apply to second-language acquisition (SLA). The article is seeking a nativism that goes beyond the scope of Universal Grammar and explains the human cognitive capacity for language learning, the learning of all language structures found in natural languages, and SLA. (95 references)…
Descriptors: Child Language, Cognitive Ability, English, Language Acquisition
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Piquer-Píriz, Ana – English Teaching Forum, 2006
The author discusses the benefits of applying cognitive linguistics, L1 acquisition, and neo-Vygotskian (Vygotsky) approaches to the teaching of a second language to young learners, using the example of teaching the preposition "on." The author briefly reviews how prepositions are taught to adult learners and the challenges of teaching…
Descriptors: Form Classes (Languages), Teaching Methods, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Aldridge, Michelle; Waddon, Alun – Language Awareness, 1995
Results of a survey of 200 parents attending baby and child clinics in North Wales show that parents know less about language development than about other areas of child development. Results suggest that both monolingual and bilingual parents and their children would benefit from improved information on how to facilitate language development. (43…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Child Language, Foreign Countries, Hypothesis Testing
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Hoffmann, Charlotte – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1985
Describes the language development of two children, now aged 5 and 8, who acquired two languages--Spanish and German--simultaneously from birth and a third--English--when very young. Focuses on the following factors: patterns of interference, code switching, language dominance, the role of parents, the social environment, and the child's…
Descriptors: Child Language, Code Switching (Language), English, German
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Rea-Dickens, Pauline – Language Testing, 1997
Examines the contributions made by stakeholders such has learners, teachers, and parents to the language assessment process. Examines the relationship between experts and government in the United Kingdom. It is argued that participation by stakeholders is not limited to providing a forum but includes equipping teachers, parents, and others with…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Child Language, Foreign Countries, Government School Relationship
Agosto, Denise – School Library Journal, 1997
Discusses the importance of including bilingual English/Spanish picture books in library collections, introduces some recent titles, and describes some programming ideas. Topics include second language study, children teaching English to Spanish-speaking parents, cultural studies, and bilingual presentations. (LRW)
Descriptors: Child Language, Cultural Education, English (Second Language), Library Collections
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Myles, Florence – Second Language Research, 2005
This article presents a selective review of the work carried out recently in second language acquisition (SLA) research which makes use of oral learner corpora and computer technologies. In the first part, the reasons why the field of SLA needs corpora for addressing current theoretical issues are briefly reviewed. In the second part, recent…
Descriptors: Second Languages, Language Acquisition, Second Language Learning, Interlanguage
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Keatinge, H. Robert – Teacher Education Quarterly, 1984
The Carpinteria Preschool Spanish Immersion Project was developed to bring Spanish speaking children to a level in school readiness skills that matched English dominant children upon entrance to kindergarten. A description of the program and its effectiveness is offered. (DF)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Child Language, Immersion Programs, Language Acquisition
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