This article offers new insights into our understanding of the formation, textual mediation,
and reproduction of perceptions of children's 'school readiness' in kindergarten and its …

Background Otitis media with middle ear effusion (MEE) can be treated with ventilation tubes
(VT) insertion, and it has been speculated that prolonged MEE in childhood can affect …

The present study examined whether parents' and bilingual children's own relative use of
the heritage language vs. the majority language in the homes of bilingual children in …

There is strong evidence that high quality early childhood programs targeting disadvantaged
groups can have lasting benefits and high returns on investment. The evidence for universal …

Preschool children's language and preliteracy skills are influenced by their home literacy
environments. We asked to what extent this is true even for children in a context, Denmark …

Good comprehension of a text is only possible if 98% to 99% of the words in a text are
known to the reader. However, it is not only the number of words readers know that matters …

This Element has two main purposes. Firstly, it discusses purposes, advantages, and
disadvantages as well as the challenges of different formats of language assessment …

Predictive relations between language and literacy skills during the preschool years and
children's future reading achievement are well-documented, leading to development and …

Education is key to the structural integration of immigrants and their children. While research
indicates that educational inequalities by migration background are a serious issue …

This study was designed to examine the role of early bilingual home literacy experiences
(HLE)(including parent–child shared reading, parents' direct teaching in Chinese and …