Purpose: This exploratory study investigated the responsive language input of 26 child care
providers to young children enrolled in community child care centers. Method: Three …

The past few years have seen something of a paradigm shift in the way governments, local
education authorities, academics, teachers, parents and other professionals have …

Language learning cannot be separated from the setting in which it is used, and language
socialization research has shown that children acquire sociocultural knowledge of their …

Purpose: This study investigated the language input of eight childcare providers to children
with developmental disabilities, including language delay, who were integrated into …

This chapter suggests that researchers in the field of second language learning often start
with different basic assumptions about the nature of 'language'and 'learning'(as well as …

„First, detailed descriptions of practices [...] are a necessary first step toward determining
which practices are most effective. We cannot investigate pedagogical effectiveness if we do …

This article reports on exploratory ethnographic research on language acquisition and use
in a village located in the Mandara Mountains, Cameroon. The study indicates that members …

Highlighting examples of positive, evidence based practice throughout, this book explores
working with people with learning disabilities at all life stages. With contributions from …

It is well-established that toddlers make sense of things when they talk with their educators.
While previous research has explored how educators' talk shapes young children's learning …

This article examines discourse features in the instructional interactions of eight Inuit and six
non‐lnuit teachers of Inuit children in northern Québec. Significant differences existed …