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Direct linkGandolfi, Elena; Traverso, Laura; Zanobini, Mirella; Usai, Maria Carmen; Viterbori, Paola – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2021
This study analyses the longitudinal relationship between early inhibitory control skills and subsequent emergent literacy. At Time 1, a sample of 50 typically monolingual Italian toddlers aged 28 to 36 months in their last year of day-care was assessed on expressive vocabulary and two inhibitory control measures, tapping specifically response…
Descriptors: Inhibition, Emergent Literacy, Preschool Children, Toddlers
Elena Florit; Chiara Barachetti; Marinella Majorano; Manuela Lavelli – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2024
Toddlers from low-income and language-minority immigrant families are at risk for language difficulties due to early disparities in the quality of their home language environment. The present longitudinal study extends previous research by investigating nursery teachers' communicative modalities and functions, and their relations with the…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Toddlers, Low Income Groups
Zampini, Laura; Burla, Tiziana; Silibello, Gaia; Capelli, Elena; Dall'Ara, Francesca; Rigamonti, Claudia; Ajmone, Paola Francesca; Monti, Federico; Zanchi, Paola; Lalatta, Faustina; Costantino, Maria Antonella; Vizziello, Paola Giovanna – First Language, 2021
Individuals with sex chromosome trisomies (SCTs) have an increased risk of language delays and impairments. However, there are only a few data relative to their language development in early childhood. The present study aimed to investigate the preverbal skills shown by a group of 8-month-old children with SCTs to assess the presence of a possible…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Language Acquisition, Infants, Genetic Disorders
Majorano, Marinella; Rainieri, Chiara; Corsano, Paola – Journal of Child Language, 2013
The present study focuses on the characteristics of parental child-directed communication and its relationship with child language development. For this purpose, thirty-six toddlers (18 males and 18 females) and their parents were observed in a laboratory during triadic free play at ages 1;3 and 1;9. The characteristics of the maternal and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Toddlers, Longitudinal Studies, Parents
Cattani, Allegra; Bonifacio, Serena; Fertz, Mariacristina; Iverson, Jana M.; Zocconi, Elisabetta; Caselli, M. Cristina – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2010
Background: Research conducted on preterm children's linguistic skills has provided varying pictures, and the question of whether and to what extent preterm children are delayed in early language acquisition remains largely unresolved. Aims: To examine communicative and linguistic development during the second year in a group of Italian children…
Descriptors: Premature Infants, Toddlers, Language Acquisition, Communication (Thought Transfer)
Zampini, Laura; D'Odorico, Laura – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2009
Background: Children with Down's syndrome seem to show a preference for the use of gestural rather than vocal productions during the first stages of language development. This "gestural advantage" could actually be due to a developmental strategy used to compensate the difficulties in verbal production that are typical of language…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Language Acquisition, Nonverbal Communication, Down Syndrome
