Sentences with phrase «in language acquisition»

At the end of six weeks there was no difference in language acquisition between children who were assigned to watch the DVD and a control group.

We share information about the latest developments in language acquisition theory and best practices.

We are especially keen to share this research so that we can think together about how best to design curriculum which will allow students to be successful in language acquisition.

On the other side, students who are bright in language acquisition prove to be less successful in learning different subjects.

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With a background in language acquisition, SLP's can play a critical and direct role in the development of literacy in children as the connections between spoken and written language are well established.

This study, «The acquisition of prosody in American Sign Language,» is the first comparative analysis of prosody in ASL between children and adults who are native ASL signers, and helps demonstrate the similarities in language acquisition between signed and spoken languages.

Dean Falk, an anthropologist at The Florida State University who was not involved in the study, says it is not only the quantity of speech that matters in language acquisition but the quality.

In 2002 he reported that a gene known as FOXP2, which plays a role in language acquisition, produces a subtly different protein in humans than in chimps.

We have found a useful home on Google + to support the conversation about what really works in language acquisition, and how to put these strategies into practice.

Some schools are already showing great growth in language acquisition scores.»

Because activities in these courses include scaffolded strategies designed to be used with all students, including ELLs / MLLs, in mastering core content, these hours may also be used toward the minimum requirement in language acquisition addressing the needs of English Language Learners.

It could explain why people with autism have restricted interests — because they find only very selective things rewarding — and it could explain the differences in language acquisition — because the neural circuitry involved in reward learning is the same circuitry that mediates both language learning and production,» says Abel, who also is the Roy J. Carver Chair in Neuroscience and UI professor of molecular physiology and biophysics.

Experts in language acquisition are giving new attention to a not - so - new concept: English - language learners need to move beyond knowing just «social English» to acquiring «academic English» to do well in school.

For example, difficulties at school and in language acquisition have been shown to predict poor adaptation.