Turn the Page Please: Situation-Specific Language Acquisition.

Snow, Catherine E.; Goldfield, Beverly A.

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ERIC Number: EJ288303

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1983

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Turn the Page Please: Situation-Specific Language Acquisition.

Snow, Catherine E.; Goldfield, Beverly A.

Journal of Child Language, v10 n3 p551-69 Oct 1983

A study investigating a mother's use of discussion of picture books as a language acquisition strategy is reported, and the usefulness of establishing routine items and constructions in such discussion is examined. Use of the situation-specific approach to studying input language is also discussed. (MSE)

Descriptors: Child Language, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Interpersonal Communication, Language Acquisition, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Picture Books, Reading, Vocabulary Development

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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