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DeAnda, Stephanie; Bosch, Laura; Poulin-Dubois, Diane; Zesiger, Pascal; Friend, Margaret – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2016
Purpose: The aim of this study was to develop the Language Exposure Assessment Tool (LEAT) and to examine its cross-linguistic validity, reliability, and utility. The LEAT is a computerized interview-style assessment that requests parents to estimate language exposure. The LEAT yields an automatic calculation of relative language exposure and…
Descriptors: Evaluation, Language Skills, Infants, Children
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Tompkins, Gail E.; Tway, Eileen – Childhood Education, 1985
Provides an annotated book list for use by elementary school teachers. Emphasizes children's involvement in word play and word games as a means to strengthen the language arts program. Specific areas covered include word play and word games, riddles, jokes, rhymes and verse, sounds and words, and word histories. (DST)
Descriptors: Children, Childrens Games, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education
Siemens, Edna; McFetridge, Patricia A. – Elements: Translating Theory into Practice, 1974
Article considered the language needs of children and descriptive tasks, which proved to be important measures in revealing specific strengths and immaturities in language power. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Children, Communication (Thought Transfer), Language Ability, Language Enrichment