Infants’ Preferential Attention to Sung and Spoken Stimuli

2014 ◽  
Vol 62 (2) ◽  
pp. 188-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eugenia Costa-Giomi ◽  
Beatriz Ilari
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Early Childhood Teachers ◽  
Folk Song ◽  
Auditory Stimuli ◽  
Nonspeech Sounds ◽  
The World ◽  
Differential Attention

Caregivers and early childhood teachers all over the world use singing and speech to elicit and maintain infants’ attention. Research comparing infants’ preferential attention to music and speech is inconclusive regarding their responses to these two types of auditory stimuli, with one study showing a music bias and another one indicating no differential attention. The purpose of this investigation was to study 11-month-old infants’ preferential attention to spoken and sung renditions of an unfamiliar folk song in a foreign language ( n = 24). The results of an infant-controlled preference procedure showed no significant differences in attention to the two types of stimuli. The findings challenge infants’ well-documented bias for speech over nonspeech sounds and provide evidence that music, even when performed by an untrained singer, can be as effective as speech in eliciting infants’ attention.

scholarly journals Early Childhood Teachers’ Ability in Pronouncing Vocabularies

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (02) ◽  
pp. 168-178
Author(s):  
Rochyani Lestiyanawati ◽  
Luluk Alawiyah
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Early Childhood Teachers ◽  
English As Foreign Language ◽  
It Impacts ◽  
Appropriate Treatment ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Correct Pronunciation ◽  
The Subject

Problems for learners of English as Foreign Language may appear due to the lack of English mastery of the teachers. Since teachers are regarded as input for language learning, it impacts the students’ achievement. Pronunciation is one of the problems faced by both Indonesian teachers and students. When the teachers give the correct pronunciation, it results in the correct pronunciation of the students. On the other hand, the wrong pronunciation of the teachers will impact the students’ incorrect pronunciation. This study is aimed to reveal the early childhood teachers’ ability in pronouncing English vocabulary. The findings of the study are to determine the appropriate treatment which might be needed to overcome the problems. The subject of the study were 40 randomly selected early childhood teachers. The data were collected by testing their vocabulary mastery and pronunciation ability. The result of the study showed that the English mastery of early childhood teachers was needed to be developed for less ability in pronouncing the vocabulary correctly. The questionnaires also implied that the teachers need improvement in dealing with English.

Australian Support for the American National Board Standards of Exemplary Teaching

2001 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 40-46
Author(s):  
Rod Chadbourne
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Teachers ◽  
English Teachers ◽  
Professional Standards ◽  
National Board ◽  
Exemplary Teaching ◽  
The Us ◽  
The World ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Australian English

This paper canvasses four possible reasons why some Australian early childhood teachers seem more supportive than some Australian English teachers of the professional standards for exemplary teaching developed by the National Board in the US. It explores whether the difference is due to the nature of the teachers, the needs of the learning area, the standards themselves, or the research processes. A key contention emerging from an analysis of the early childhood teachers’ response is that the US National Board standards should not be regarded as belonging to the Americans just because they were the first to document them. Certainly, we need to construct our own standards in order to develop a sense of commitment and ownership. But this does not mean having to start from scratch. Along with educators across the world, we already ‘own’ the values, skills, and knowledge documented in the USNational Board standards. What we can profitably do is take the US standards and build on them.

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