Case Studies Child 1: The parents of 23-month-old Dale are concerned because their son uses only eight distinct words. Although he can make his wants known to caregivers through gesturing and use of his limited vocabulary, he is becoming frustrated by his parents’ insistence on his use of language and their inability to understand his requests. At mealtimes and throughout the day, Dale is engag...

The question, Do men and women use language differently played a central part in the emergence of feminist socio linguistics more than two decades ago, and it casts a long shadow. This paper focuses on the literature that has contributed to the understanding of the major research questions underlying two major strands, language and gender, concentrating on the development of the literature from...

Researchers have historically noted the importance of Dynamic Assessment and its effect on students’ language learning. DA offers teachers and learners vast opportunities for language teaching and learning. The present article can be considered as part of the recent trend in the field of language teaching. It attempts to describe Dynamic Assessment and review the literature on the effect of DA ...

In this article, authors talk about the relevance of the training of foreign students in verbal-nominal combinations in different spheres of functioning. It is important for language adaptation. Language adaptation depends on how students know the system of language and the feature of language expression of sense. Verbal-nominal combinations are used in different spheres therefore they can be s...

Since ‘the development of whole person’ was brought to the focus of attention by humanist psychologists as a central concern in educational theory, affective variables have been assumed to have a significant share in the learning process that goes on in a pedagogical setting. Meanwhile, the process of second language development, because of the very nature of language as a vehicle for communica...