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Karolina Muszynska; Magdalena Luniewska; Agnieszka Dynak; Joanna Kolak; Ronja Lohrum; Agnieszka Otwinowska; Zofia Wodniecka; Ewa Haman – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2025
Bilingual children's total vocabulary in each of their languages is often smaller than that of monolinguals. In their seminal study, Bialystok et al. (2010. 'Receptive vocabulary differences in monolingual and bilingual children.' "Bilingualism: Language and Cognition" 13 (4): 525-531) divided children's vocabulary into 'home' and…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Vocabulary Skills, Native Language, Second Language Learning
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King, Sarah Elizabeth; Dockrell, Julie E. – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2016
The importance of research on the unique nature of the communication supporting environment in nurseries has been heightened by growing evidence of the significance of early language skills for later academic and social development. This study focussed on children's language use during small group times. Opportunities to hear and practise language…
Descriptors: Affordances, Young Children, Nursery Schools, Foreign Countries
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Hamilton, Lorna G.; Hayiou-Thomas, Marianna E.; Hulme, Charles; Snowling, Margaret J. – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2016
The home literacy environment (HLE) predicts language and reading development in typically developing children; relatively little is known about its association with literacy development in children at family-risk of dyslexia. We assessed the HLE at age 4 years, precursor literacy skills at age 5, and literacy outcomes at age 6, in a sample of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Family Environment, Family Literacy, Predictor Variables
Kersten, Kristin, Ed.; Rohde, Andreas, Ed.; Schelletter, Christina, Ed.; Steinlen, Anja K., Ed. – Online Submission, 2010
Drawing on data from eleven preschools in four European countries (Germany, Belgium, Sweden, and the UK), this edited volume explores the progress of preschool children learning English over a period of two years. In the first volume, children's lexical and grammatical comprehension, the quality of L2 input, the effect of immersion on L1…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Bilingual Education, Preschool Education, English (Second Language)
Kersten, Kristin, Ed.; Rohde, Andreas, Ed.; Schelletter, Christina, Ed.; Steinlen, Anja K., Ed. – Online Submission, 2010
Drawing on data from eleven preschools in four European countries (Germany, Belgium, Sweden, and the UK), this edited volume explores the progress of preschool children learning English over a period of two years. This edited volume (Volume II) gives details on best practices in bilingual preschools as well as background and training on topics…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Bilingual Education, Preschool Education, English (Second Language)
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Baxendale, Janet; Hesketh, Anne – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2003
Background: Both direct (clinician to child) and indirect (clinician to carer) approaches are currently used in the management of children with language delay, but there is as yet little evidence about their relative effects or resource implications. Aims: This research project compared the Hanen Parent Programme (HPP) in terms of its…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Parents, Intervention, Interaction