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Maternal Question Use Relates to Syntactic Skills in 5- to 7-Year-Old Children
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Grace Buckalew; Alexus G. Ramirez; Julie M. Schneider – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2024
Purpose: This study examined how mothers' question-asking behavior relates to their child's syntactic skills. One important aspect of maternal question-asking behavior is the use of complex questions when speaking with children. These questions can differ based on both their purpose and structure. The purpose may be to seek out information, to…
Descriptors: Mothers, Syntax, Questioning Techniques, Young Children
Examining the Role of Physical Activity on Word Learning in School-Aged Children
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Pruitt, Madison; Morini, Giovanna – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2021
Purpose: Previous studies show that there is increased brain activity after exercise, leading to improved word recall in adults. The aim of this study was to examine whether different types of exercise (i.e., aerobic vs. anaerobic) may also lead to improved performance during vocabulary learning in children. Method: A total of 48 participants (24…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Exercise Physiology, Vocabulary Development, Learning Processes
From One Language to the Other: Examining the Role of Code-Switching on Vocabulary Learning in Adult Second-Language Learners
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Blair, Mackensie; Morini, Giovanna – Second Language Research, 2023
The present work examines the impact of code-switching (CS) on novel word learning in adult second language (L2) learners of Spanish. Participants completed two sessions (1-3 days apart). In the first session, they were taught 32 nonwords corresponding to novel creatures. Training occurred across 4 conditions: (1) a sentence in English only, (2) a…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Second Language Learning, Native Language, Videoconferencing
2020 Teacher Prep Review: Program Performance in Early Reading Instruction
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Drake, Graham; Wash, Kate – National Council on Teacher Quality, 2020
New data and analysis from the National Council on Teacher Quality finds significant progress on the science of reading instruction in teacher preparation. For the first time since NCTQ began publishing program ratings in its 2013 Teacher Prep Review, the number of programs in the nation to embrace reading science has crossed the halfway mark,…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Reading Instruction, Program Evaluation, Undergraduate Study
EFFECTIVENESS OF A LANGUAGE ARTS AND BASIC READER APPROACH TO FIRST GRADE READING INSTRUCTION.
HAMMOND, W. DORSEY; STAUFFER, RUSSELL G. – 1965
A LANGUAGE ARTS APPROACH TO BEGINNING READING INSTRUCTION WAS COMPARED WITH A BASIC READER APPROACH. IN GENERAL, IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT THE LANGUAGE ARTS APPROACH TO BEGINNING READING INSTRUCTION WAS AN EFFECTIVE METHOD. IT PRODUCED EXCELLENT RESULTS IN READING PERFORMANCE, WORD ATTACK SKILLS, SPELLING, VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT, WRITTEN COMMUNICATION…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Beginning Reading, Grade 1, Language Arts
Modern Foreign Language Content Standards. Generic Standards. Levels I-IV.
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Scarborough, Rebecca H., Ed. – 1988
Delaware's standards for modern language curriculum content in public schools are provided for teachers' use in coordinating instruction. Teachers are encouraged to use communicative, student-centered classroom activities and to reinforce and expand the material in successive instructional units. The guide consists of introductory sections on the…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Course Content, Curriculum Design, Educational Assessment