Turn Exchange Characteristics of SLI Children's Simultaneous and Nonsimultaneous Speech

1989 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 334-347 ◽  
Author(s):  
Holly K. Craig ◽  
Julia L. Evans
Keyword(s):  
Adult Child ◽  
Nonverbal Behaviors ◽  
Language Impaired ◽  
Child Interaction ◽  
Normal Language ◽  
Structural Levels ◽  
Verbal And Nonverbal Behaviors

The specifically language impaired (SLI) child's turn exchange behaviors were examined in adult-child interaction and compared to those of children of similar chronological ages or language structural levels. Videotaped language samples were analyzed for verbal and nonverbal behaviors associated with the children's production of simultaneous and nonsimultaneous speech. The results indicated qualitative differences from those of the normal language children in terms of turn errors, interruptions, interactive attention, responsiveness, and turn switch times, as well as variability related to SLI subtype.

Access Behaviors of Children With Specific Language Impairment

1993 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 322-337 ◽  
Author(s):  
Holly K. Craig ◽  
Julie A. Washington
Keyword(s):  
Language Impairment ◽  
Specific Language Impairment ◽  
Chronological Age ◽  
Nonverbal Behaviors ◽  
Specific Language ◽  
Control Subjects ◽  
Normal Language ◽  
Verbal And Nonverbal Behaviors ◽  
Gain Access ◽  
Language Literature

The verbal and nonverbal behaviors used by 5 children with specific language impairment (SLI) to attempt to gain access into established interactions were described and compared with those of chronological-age-mates and language-similar control subjects. Three of the children with SLI were unsuccessful. Two of the children with SLI achieved access but did so without using linguistic forms like those most normal-language children use. All of the children with normal language accessed, and most did so quickly and easily using an orderly and sequential set of indirect behaviors. The findings contribute to social-linguistic characterizations of SLI and clarify specific aspects of access described in the normal-language literature.

Object Transformations in the Play of Language-Impaired Children

1988 ◽  
Vol 53 (4) ◽  
pp. 459-466 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brenda Y. Terrell ◽  
Richard G. Schwartz
Keyword(s):  
Normal Subjects ◽  
Play Behavior ◽  
Chronological Age ◽  
Standard Group ◽  
Language Impaired ◽  
Normal Language ◽  
Mean Length Of Utterance ◽  
Impaired Children

The play behavior of 10 language-impaired children was observed. Their performances in play were compared to those of 10 normal-language children matched for chronological age as well as to those of 10 normal-language children matched for mean length of utterance. The children were observed as they played spontaneously with a standard group of toys and as they played with objects that required object transformations for successful play. The chronological age-matched normal subjects showed a trend toward performance of more object transformations in play than either the language-impaired or younger normal-language children. Additionally, although object transformations were observed in both segments, all children performed more object transformations with objects than with toys.

Aspects of adult-child communication: the problem of question acquisition

1975 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 251-260 ◽  
Author(s):  
Svenka Savić
Keyword(s):  
Adult Child ◽  
Direct Communication ◽  
Dizygotic Twins ◽  
Child Interaction ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Early Acquisition ◽  
Children First

This note attempts to clarify the early acquisition of the interrogative system, with data from Serbo-Croatian. The subject is approached from an angle that has hitherto not received sufficient treatment: adult-child interaction in direct communication. The process of question acquisition was observed in a first-born pair of dizygotic twins – a girl, Jasmina, and a boy, Danko – between I; I and 3; 0, the observation beginning a month prior to the time when the children first began to produce questions. The material was transcribed during weekly two-hour sessions in the home of the subjects.

scholarly journals "Pedagogy of Listening" vs. "Pedagogy of Listening to Educators": Ethnographic Research on Child Autonomy in Kindergartens in Montenegro

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 575-597
Author(s):  
Jovana Marojević ◽  
Katarina Todorović ◽  
Saša Milić
Keyword(s):  
Power Relations ◽  
Adult Child ◽  
Self Determination Theory ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Constructivist Theory ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Child Interaction ◽  
Personal Epistemologies ◽  
Child Autonomy ◽  
Motivational Style

The paper discusses the phenomenon of child autonomy from the perspective of educators' personal epistemologies and power relations in the adult-child interaction in the practices of institutional education in Montenegro. The construct of child autonomy is approached from the standpoint of critical-constructivist theory and the self- -determination theory, as a socio-cultural product shaped by ethnopedagogies and personal epistemologies of educators. The main goal of the ethnographic study conducted in three preschool educational institutions in Montenegro was to explore the epistemological theories of educators through the analysis of institutional educational practices, given that "the ways of thinking about childhood fuse with institutionalized practices" (Prout & James, 2005, p. 22). We conclude about the existence of an objectivist epistemological theory of educators and the dominance of normative power relations in educator-child interactions, and discuss a special type of epistemological "over-power". The comparability with the results of similar research in the region is stated, and it points to a possible explanatory connection between collectivist culture and the controlling motivational style and authoritarianism in education.

Internal Consistency of the Northwestern Syntax Screening Test

1975 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
David L. Ratusnik ◽  
Roy A. Koenigsknecht
Keyword(s):  
Language Development ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Screening Test ◽  
Item Analysis ◽  
Language Impaired ◽  
Normal Intelligence ◽  
Mental Age ◽  
Normal Language ◽  
Mentally Retarded Children ◽  
Reliability Coefficients

This study was designed to evaluate the usefulness of the 40 receptive and 40 expressive items of the Northwestern Syntax Screening Test. Twenty preschoolers with normal language development, 20 preschoolers functioning within the range of normal intelligence diagnosed as language impaired, and 20 mentally retarded children comprised the three subject groups. The subjects were equated for mental age. Stable Hoyt’s reliability coefficients indicated that the Northwestern Syntax Screening Test assessed consistently the syntax and morphology used by children with atypical language development. Detailed item analysis revealed the strengths and weaknesses of both receptive and expressive items.

Adult-child interaction in children’s learning from “Sesame Street”

ECTJ ◽  
1984 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 217-223
Author(s):  
Robert A. Reiser ◽  
Martin A. Tessmer ◽  
Pamela C. Phelps
Keyword(s):  
Adult Child ◽  
Sesame Street ◽  
Children’S Learning ◽  
Child Interaction ◽  
Children's Learning

Assessing Multilingual Multicultural Teachers' Communication Styles

2017 ◽  
pp. 111-123
Author(s):  
Sevinj Iskandarova ◽  
Oris T. Griffin
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
Educational Leaders ◽  
Communication Styles ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Nonverbal Behaviors ◽  
Cultural Perspective ◽  
Institutional Level ◽  
Positive Work Environment ◽  
Verbal And Nonverbal Behaviors ◽  
Positive Work

As many educational institutions become more globally competitive, and the number of diverse teachers increases, it becomes even more imperative to avoid what some cultures might deem as inappropriate and unprofessional verbal and non-verbal forms of communication. Those behaviors are sometimes interpreted in different ways, depending on the cultural perspective. Any unwanted verbal and non-verbal actions often increase stress, unwelcomed job pressures, and hinder a positive work environment. At the institutional level where teachers are very diverse, understanding verbal and nonverbal behaviors must be addressed. The researchers propose a methodology which will help multilingual, multicultural teachers' communication styles within the workplace and how to improve cross-cultural team collaborations. Additionally, the information provided in this study allows educational leaders to make inferences about their teachers' team performance and expectations based on their motivation, experiences, and skills used when working with a multicultural team.

ably salient acros s most people of a given culture or subculture. Other stimuli or surrounding circumstances are relevant but are more idiosyncratic to the situation or people involved in the interac-tions, such as the peoples* past histories of interaction with each other, th e authority one person has over another, or the contingen-cies one can exert over the other, and whether or not there is some apparent evidence that, in fact, a poor job was done. For example, if your boss tells you that you have done a poor job in a serious tone of voic e with an unsmiling face, it might be appropriate to ask what the problem was, to discuss the reason for what happened and try to discover ways to avoid that problem in the future. In contrast, if a peer who had a long history o f unfairly criticizing your activities told you the same thing, in a casual manner and there was little ap-parent evidence that a poor job was done, you might simply acknowledge the remark or even indicate that you found the remark offensive. Thus, identification of what types of responses might b e appropriate in particular social situations requires a very complex set o f discriminative skills which often need to be used without substantial warning and implemented quickly. Given identification of the stimuli which determine a general type o f response in a social situation, an adolescent needs to display the specific verbal and nonverbal behaviors of the general response. Certain of these behaviors such as making periodic eye contact while the other person is speaking, facing the other person, main-taining a relaxed posture and using a neutral or enthusiastic voice tone need to occur throughout the social interaction . Other behaviors need to occur within a specific sequence. For example, in a greeting and subsequent conversation, a salutation might be followed by a general question about the health of the other person, and then by more specific questions and responsive statements about topics o f possible common interest or about something that the other person mentioned in previous conversations. Further , the sequence of behaviors needs to be arranged to encompass the possible options or branches that might occur in the interactions. For example, the sequence of behaviors modeled in giving negative feedback to another person would vary depending on whether the other person agreed or did not agree with the feedback. Finally, there are general organizational and meshing skills which are essential for successful social interactions. These include using a vocabulary and content appropriate to the person with whom the adolescent is interacting, taking turns in the interaction,'picking

2014 ◽  
pp. 136-146
Keyword(s):  
Social Situation ◽  
The Other ◽  
Common Interest ◽  
General Question ◽  
Nonverbal Behaviors ◽  
Social Situations ◽  
Specific Sequence ◽  
The Social ◽  
General Response ◽  
Verbal And Nonverbal Behaviors

scholarly journals Catechizing at Home, 1740–1870: Instruction, Communication and Denomination

2019 ◽  
Vol 55 ◽  
pp. 256-273 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Clare Martin
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
Religious Education ◽  
Adult Child ◽  
Early Modern Period ◽  
Rote Learning ◽  
Child Interaction ◽  
Modern Period ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Asking Questions ◽  
Eighteenth And Nineteenth Centuries

Catechizing played an important part in domestic religious education in Britain in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, as well as in the better documented early modern period. However, its significance has been neglected in comparison with family prayers (often deemed to be an expression of patriarchy), Sunday observance or even private prayers. This article analyses the incidence of catechizing across religious denominations in Britain from 1740 to 1870, and within selected overseas missionary families. Drawing on a wide range of personal memoirs, the article analyses the range of contexts and relationships within which catechizing could occur. These included not only household worship (which could be conducted by women) but also relationships between siblings. It demonstrates that catechizing could provide opportunities for asking questions and spending ‘quality time’ with parents and / or children, rather than embodying an alienating form of rote-learning. The article therefore challenges many stereotypes relating to family domestic education, relating to themes such as patriarchy, denominational difference and adult-child interaction.

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