Worldwide, there are more children who grow up learning multiple languages than children learning only one. And yet monolingualism is often taken as a starting point, for example in school. Research by linguist Elly Koutamanis ...
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Mar 20, 2024
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Numerous studies highlight vocabulary as a critical predictor determining word and text reading comprehension in monolingual and bilingual children, but when measuring vocabulary, most studies focus on either breadth or depth, ...
Education
Aug 21, 2023
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It's a difficult, impressive feat on its own to help children work through speech problems. It's even more inspiring when you take into account the bridge of language itself.
Education
Aug 17, 2023
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There is no need for a speech therapist to restrict bilingual children to speaking a single language to help them overcome stuttering, according to a new paper by a University of Kansas professor.
Social Sciences
Feb 7, 2023
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When parents learn their child has a developmental disability, they often have questions about what their child may or may not be able to do.
Social Sciences
Jan 10, 2023
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If elementary school children are accustomed to many regional and foreign accents because they hear them frequently in their linguistic environment, then it is easier for them to learn new words from other children who speak ...
Social Sciences
Sep 29, 2022
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Some children learn to read early. Others need more time. But we can do some things to help them, and one of them is important to do first.
Education
Nov 5, 2019
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Many presume bilingual education can level the academic playing field for English learners, but one UC Davis professor calls foul on current practices.
Social Sciences
Apr 21, 2015
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Talk about gender confusion! A recent study by University of Alberta researchers Elena Nicoladis and Cassandra Foursha-Stevenson in the Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology into whether speaking French influenced ...
Social Sciences
Feb 9, 2012
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A new Concordia study of early childhood bilingualism in Canada reveals a portrait of language acquisition in the home that reflects the country's diversity. Immigration patterns, urban–rural demography and Indigenous populations ...
Social Sciences
Jun 28, 2022
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