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Download full textFulton, Mary Wills – 1971
Analysis of adult evaluation of children's linguistic output provides a basis for elaboration upon the work of McNeill (1970) and Brown (1970). When limited to the uttered words of a child paired with an utterance spoken at an earlier time, adults cannot judge the relative age of the children making those utterances; in fact, their predictions of…
Descriptors: Child Language, Comparative Analysis, Evaluation, Expressive Language
Peer reviewedSwinson, Jeremy; Ellis, Chris – British Journal of Special Education, 1988
Stories were read daily at school and home to 32 children, aged 3-10, with severe learning difficulties. After eight months, almost all of the children showed improvements in verbal comprehension greater than gains of a comparison group, and the older children showed improvements in verbal expression. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Expressive Language, Intervention, Language Acquisition
Schwartz, Judy I. – 1979
This paper discusses kinds and characteristics of language play, explores the relationship of such play to wider domains of language and play, and speculates on the possible contributions of language play for language mastery and cognitive development. Jump rope chants and ritual insults ("Off my case, potato face") and other expressive…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Children, Essays, Expressive Language
Remaly, Beth K. – 1990
A practicum study, recognizing the expressive language delays of inner-city kindergarten children, implemented two strategies to increase their expressive language ability and their mean length of utterance. The target population, 14 kindergarten students who demonstrated vocabulary development delays on the Brigance Kindergarten Screening Test,…
Descriptors: Expressive Language, High Risk Students, Kindergarten, Kindergarten Children
Portland Public Schools, OR. – 1968
This guide to a total developmental language program for kindergarten is divided into three sections: (1) Helpful Hints to the Teacher, (2) Expanding Verbal Power, and (3) Linking Language and Thought. Subjects in Section 2 include hearing and speaking clearly, increasing vocabulary, extending meaning, expanding language patterns, conveying ideas,…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Auditory Discrimination, Classification, Expressive Language
Farmer, Capen – 1967
This study examines ways in which children verbalize emotional experiences at successive age levels. Four groups of 16 boys and girls each drawn from the second, fourth, sixth, and eighth grades of a middle class private school in New York City were asked to describe happiness, sadness, love, anger, and fear. Raw protocols were scored according to…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Age Differences, Child Development, Communication Skills
