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Parent Inferential Questions and Child Responses during Shared Reading Predict DLLs' Receptive Vocabulary Development
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Veslemøy Rydland; Vibeke Grøver – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2024
The present study investigated whether parent--child interactions during shared reading in a diverse sample of 91 three- to five-year-old dual language learners (DLLs) in Norway supported the development of the children's first (L1) and second language (L2) vocabulary skills. The dyads spoke 11 different L1s (i.e., Arabic, Polish, Somali, and…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Receptive Language, Vocabulary Development, Native Language
What Else Will I Do When I Start School? Preschoolers' "Wh"-Questions in Dinnertime Conversations and Their Language Development
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Junyi Yang; Joshua F. Lawrence; Vibeke Grøver – First Language, 2024
While it is established that parental "wh"-questions, as a high-quality language input, are associated with child language outcome, less is known about the role of children's "wh"-questions in their language development. This study examines whether children's "wh"-questions during a dinnertime conversation are…
Descriptors: Questioning Techniques, Parent Child Relationship, Family Characteristics, Expressive Language