The language play of kindergarten children

[Phenotyping specific language impairment in kindergarten children].

OBJECTIVE For phenotyping specific language impairment (SLI) in kindergarten children in clinical practice and research issues, we need a valid diagnostic method for dichotomous classification (language impaired, normal developing). PATIENTS AND METHODS 27 kindergarten children belonged to SLI-group, 36 to control-group. The diagnostic accuracy of a composed language test battery was examined...

The Digital Playground: Kindergarten Children Learning Sign Language Through Multimedia

The article discusses a study of 4-5 year old children’s use of technology to assist and enhance the acquisition of a play lexicon within a formal educational setting. The new language system to be learned was Auslan, a signed/ nonverbal language. A purpose specific software program was developed by the authors, “Auslan Kids,” in order to test and evaluate the efficacy of multimedia in learning...

The concept of task orientation in the analysis of play behavior of children entering kindergarten.

the underlying structure of language proficiency and the proficiency level

هدف از انجام این تخقیق بررسی رابطه احتمالی بین سطح مهارت زبان خارجی (foreign language proficiency) و ساختار مهارت زبان خارجی بود. تعداد 314 زبان آموز مونث و مذکر که عمدتا دانشجویان رشته های زبان انگلیسی در سطوح کارشناسی و کارشناسی ارشد بودند در این تحقیق شرکت کردند. از لحاظ سطح مهارت زبان خارجی شرکت کنندگان بسیار با هم متفاوت بودند، (75 نفر سطح پیشرفته، 113 نفر سطح متوسط، 126 سطح مقدماتی). کلا ...

the effect of learning strategies on the speaking ability of iranian students in the context of language institutes

the effect of learning strategies on the speaking ability of iranian students in the context of language institutes abstract language learning strategies are of the most important factors that help language learners to learn a foreign language and how they can deal with the four language skills specifically speaking skill effectively. acknowledging the great impact of learning strategies...