Sentences with phrase «of language exposure»

«I think the key takeaway from our study is that it's not the quantity of what the children are hearing; it's the quality of their language exposure that matters.

New evidence provides even greater insight into the crucial role of language exposure in infants» first months of life, according to Northwestern University research.

The research, which underscores the importance of language exposure in the first months of life, also has far - reaching implications for early language and cognitive development.

Not exact matches

We take so much for granted the language of individual autonomy that it requires an effort to remember that there is another way of seeing the task of education, one involving exposure to a tradition representing accumulated (even divinely revealed) truth.

The Waldorf School of Princeton Children's Garden provides a home - like setting, offering exposure to language and culture through play, creative and practical activities, daily stories, songs, poems, and puppet shows.

Previous studies have found that 12 sessions over 5 weeks — a total of only 6 hours of foreign language exposure — was all babies needed to start setting those brain development pathways down to learn a second language.

Districts can further lessen their exposure by instituting risk management programs that ensure the safety of school personnel, students, and visitors; by seeking protection through insurance; and by putting language into shared use agreements requiring the user to assume all or part of the liability in the event of injury or property damage.

Studies show that kids with active exposure to language have social and educational advantages over their peers — and reading is one of the best exposures to language.

Ideally, our kids will keep it clean when it comes to the way they talk at home or with friends, but given all the exposure today's children have to foul language, many parents may hear a surprising four - letter word or two over the course of a given day.

The book aims to demonstrate the benefits of early exposure to written language through universal pre-K programs.

OCTOBER 13 - 17 Neuroscience 2012 30,000 brain experts descend on New Orleans to cogitate on everything from the ethics of smart drugs to language exposure in the womb.

Given that the language used by parents is so intrinsically linked with child language development, the results of the study suggest that prolonged exposure to background TV has a negative influence.

«The ideal solution would be to measure their skills in their first language to gauge whether the issue is from lack of exposure to English or a general language impairment, but that isn't feasible given the diversity of home languages spoken by children in the UK.

To conduct the study, researchers started with two groups of chimps: one with little exposure to social and cognitive testing and no trading experience, and one with extensive bartering practice and language training.

«Maturation constrains the effect of exposure in linking language and thought: Evidence from healthy preterm infants» was published online Dec. 29 in Developmental Science.

Hoff and her collaborators suggest that the most cogent explanation would be in the properties of children's input or their language exposure.

Kim Cecil, a chemist and professor of radiology at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and an expert on the impact of lead on the brain, has found that whereas the language - function region of the brain's left hemisphere is perturbed by chronic lead exposure, corresponding regions in its right hemisphere show increased activation in the presence of blood lead levels above current levels of concern.

«Toddlers begin learning rules of reading, writing at very early age, study finds: Exposure to language improves «invented spellings» of children ages 3 - to - 5 years.»

While any amount of learning is beneficial, it's unlikely that a brief exposure to a second language actually helps lower your dementia risk.

Exposure to continuous white noise sabotages the development of the auditory region of the brain, which may ultimately impair hearing and language acquisition, according to researchers from the...

It's thought higher exposure to testosterone in the womb creates a more «male» brain by suppressing development of the left side usually responsible for linear reasoning and certain language functions such as grammar and vocabulary.

Scientists have found that prenatal exposure to organophosphate pesticides physically changes the development of areas of the brain that control language, short - term memory, behavior and emotion.

It was through Campbell's seminars on the mythology of India that Leslie received her first exposure to Sanskrit, the language of sacred sound, ancient Indian texts, and of Yoga.

This term, which gave the film its original title, is the French language equivalent for «Day for Night», the technique of shooting in daylight but making it look like night through a combination of filters, under - exposure and specific printing techniques.

Deadline is reporting that Nicolas Cage has signed on to star in the post-apocalyptic action thriller Prisoners of the Ghostland, which will mark the English - language debut of Japanese filmmaker Sion Sono (Midnight Madness, Tag, Love Exposure).

But there was still much to cherish from these past twelve months in cinemas: the claustrophobic realism of Sieranevada; all of the things that went right that shouldn't have in La La Land; Hermia & Helena's love of language and multiple exposure; the authentically grim depiction of teenage alpha life in Beach Rats; and Hong Sang - soo dropping in another delightful it - was - all - a-dream moment in On the Beach at Night Alone.

Guillermo del Toro describes his youthful exposure to creature features in the language of a Catholic embracing Jesus: «At a certain age, I accepted monsters in my heart.»

Thanks to the exposure, the filmmakers were able to assemble an impressive English language voice cast and launch a small scale assault into American theaters in late February just ahead of the Oscar ceremony, and now enjoys a home video release.

As U.S. Poet Laureate at the start of the new century, Billy Collins promoted daily poetry readings in class — without analysis, just for exposure to the language and cadence of the genre.

In the wake of a 1995 study that found a dramatic gap in the number of words heard by high - and low - income children — the so - called 30 million word gap — much attention has been given to efforts to enrich kids» language exposure.

With a background in literature, some academic editing experience, and limited exposure as a teacher of English as a foreign language, Sherman was thrust into teaching high school English without any formal training whatsoever.

She also urges more public exposure of the process and tools that are stifling the range of materials and language that can be presented to schoolchildren.

«The ideal solution would be to measure their skills in their first language to gauge whether the issue is from lack of exposure to English or an underlying language impairment, but that isn't feasible given the diversity of home languages spoken by children in the UK.

In order to learn to read early in life, children need the requisite mental abilities, but they also benefit from the motivation that develops from rich exposure to language and books and the special attention of a warm and caring adult.

It requires expansive study of vocabulary, orthography, grammar, and style, extensive exposure to representative linguistic material, and authentic opportunities to produce (to speak and write) academic language.

And potential concerns about the accuracy of the information it contains on language programs are mitigated considerably by a National Center for Educational Statistics follow - up survey that largely validated the accuracy of the program exposures initially recorded.

It says such segregation of students who are learning English handicaps their progress because they lack exposure to native speakers of the language.

Currently, the survey offering the best combination of language program exposure and long - term outcomes is High School and Beyond, a longitudinal study sponsored by the National Center for Educational Statistics.

They found that online writing provided multiple exposures to academic language that were of critical importance to TCs» writing development.

Being from a rural background means students often have a different repertoire for language because of their exposure to different environments and situations.

Conversely, kids with auditory issues (CAPD / APD) or hearing problems may score lower on the verbal side due to the lack of exposure to language and vocabulary due to their weakness.

English - language speakers benefit from «extensive exposure to Spanish, accelerating their absorption and usage of the language to achieve early Spanish literacy; a highly academic curriculum, taught in a second language; the ability to transfer Spanish reading and writing skills to English language reading and writing after the second grade; the confidence to speak Spanish, resulting from the self - esteem and pride they gain because they are bilingual.»

However there are some children who, despite adequate exposure to language, still present with delayed language skills; either because they have hearing problems or an underlying disorder affecting the processing of language, or additional special educational needs.

It's up to the teacher to provide the amount of exposure students need to become familiar with higher - level language.

Polette (1984) suggested heavy emphasis on the following factors: higher cognitive levels of thinking, critical reading, vocabulary development, wide exposure to literature, productive thinking, imaginative thinking, visualization, exploration of values, and a language arts approach.

What about students with minimal exposure to the type of academic language found in informational texts?

Increased exposure to literature that is rich in academic vocabulary, like the book noted above, can support students by providing contextually meaningful repeated exposure to the type of academic language that they will eventually find embedded throughout informational texts.

Most texts used to teach reading had been written by proponents of whole language methods, and there was only fleeting exposure to the kinds of scripted, phonics - based curriculums, like Open Court, that are increasingly being adopted in the nation's schools.

Findings from a large number of correlational studies on language have shown that frequency of exposure strongly predicts word learning and seems to have long - range consequences for later language and reading levels.35 Although this finding is often mentioned in the literature, what is new is that we may have underestimated the frequency required to learn words.

Within this approach, students learn the basic building blocks of literacy as they develop critical language skills through exposure to both oral and academic vocabulary.