Vocabulary Acquisition In Children Research Articles

Music Exposure and Maternal Musicality Predict Vocabulary Development in Children with Cochlear Implants

Children with cochlear implants (CIs) exhibit large individual differences in vocabulary outcomes. We hypothesized that understudied sources of variance are amount of music engagement and exposure and maternal musicality. Additionally, we explored whether objective measures of music exposure captured from the CI data logs and parent reports about music engagement provide converging and/or complementary evidence, and whether these correlate with maternal musicality. Sixteen children with CIs (Mage = 16.7 months, SD = 7.7, range = 9.6–32.9) were tested before implantation and three, six, and 12 months post-CI activation. Music exposure throughout the first year post-activation was extracted from the CI data logs. Children’s vocabulary and home music engagement and maternal musicality were assessed using parent reports. Analyses revealed relatively low home music engagement and maternal musicality. Nonetheless, positive effects emerged for music exposure on children’s early receptive and expressive vocabulary and for maternal musicality on expressive vocabulary three months post-activation. Results underline the importance of combining automatic measures and parent reports to understand children’s acoustic environment and suggest that environmental music factors may affect early vocabulary acquisition in children with CIs. The presence of these effects despite poor music exposure and skills further motivates the involvement of children with CIs and their parents in music intervention programs.

The Impact of Emotional Support from Family on Children's Growth in English Vocabulary

The influence of the emotional environment on cognitive development, specifically language acquisition, has been a pivotal topic in child psychology and pedagogics. This study aims to explore the interplay between emotional support from family and its effect on children's growth in English vocabulary. Utilizing a cross-sectional survey design, data was gathered from a total of 155 children, aged between 9 and 18, and their parents. Multivariable regression models were employed for statistical analysis. The research findings indicate a significant positive correlation between the level of family emotional support and the rate of English vocabulary acquisition in children. The greater the emotional support, the more noticeable the children's English language progress appears to be, highlighting the profound influence of a positive familial emotional climate on English vocabulary acquisition. The study underlines the importance of providing emotional support to children in their journey of language learning, suggesting that parents and educators should consider this aspect in promoting successful English vocabulary development.

Positive Effects of SIBI Alphabet Cards on Increasing Vocabulary Acquisition in Children with Special Needs Deaf

Children with Special Needs with hearing impairment have hearing loss, classified as deaf and hard of hearing. Hearing loss in children with special needs is associated with long-term academic and communication difficulties, so it will hinder the learning process and potentially experience obstacles in developing students' thinking or cognitive quality. This study aims to analyze the effect of Indonesian language learning media using the SIBI Alphabet Card on increasing vocabulary acquisition in children with hearing impairment. This research is true experimental research with the randomized three-group pretest-posttest only design. A total of 27 children with hearing impairment, categories slight, moderate, profound, male and female, aged 8-22 years. Subjects were randomly divided into three study groups, namely G1 (n = 10; Slight Deaf), G2 (n = 8; Moderate Deaf), G3 (n = 9; Profound Deaf). The Indonesian-language learning media intervention using the SIBI Alphabet Card was carried out 2x/week for four weeks. Data were collected before and after the intervention using a written test instrument. The data analysis technique used the Paired Samples T-Test test with the Packet for Social Science (SPSS) Statistics Software version 21. Based on the results of the study showed that there was an increase in vocabulary acquisition in the three groups before and after the intervention (p0.001). In general, concluded that the provision of Indonesian-language learning media using the SIBI Alphabet Card which is carried out two times/week for four weeks is effective in increasing vocabulary acquisition in deaf children with special needs.

The effect of aided language stimulation on the acquisition of receptive vocabulary in children with complex communication needs and severe intellectual disability: a comparison of two dosages

Aided language stimulation is an augmented input strategy that facilitates the expressive and receptive language skills of persons who require augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). The aim of this study was to determine and compare the acquisition of receptive vocabulary items during implementation of aided language stimulation with dosages of 40% and 70%, respectively. An adapted alternating treatment design was replicated across six participants with complex communication needs and severe intellectual disability. All participants demonstrated receptive vocabulary acquisition when aided language stimulation was provided with a dosage of 70%, and two participants demonstrated acquisition when a dosage of 40% was provided. Receptive vocabulary acquisition was maintained following a 6-day withdrawal period. The dosage of augmented input may impact receptive vocabulary acquisition for children with complex communication needs and severe intellectual disability, with higher dosages being more effective for some participants. The findings indicate that clinicians should be aware that dosage is an important consideration when providing aided language stimulation to facilitate receptive vocabulary acquisition in children with complex communication needs and severe intellectual disability.

Common and Productive Morphemes in Language Acquisition: A Corpus-Based Study on Children’s Books

This study is a corpus study on morphological features of children’s books in Turkish. The purpose of the study is to determine derivational and inflectional suffixes in Turkish children books and to identify the common and productive morphemes used in child literature in the light of the information obtained; hence, reach clues about determining the priorities in the process of vocabulary acquisition in children. To achieve this, different literature examples written for children were examined, a corpus was formed by analyzing the derivational and inflectional suffixes, the frequency of use of categories and sub-categories was determined and a comparison between categories was made. The results yielded that inflectional suffixes were used more frequently than derivational suffixes, which could be due to less frequent use of derivational suffixes than inflectional suffixes. Also, derivational suffixes could be less productive in language acquisition process and therefore acquired late.

Application of Singing Activities to Stimulate Children's Vocabulary Acquisition

This study was motivated by ability acquisition children 's vocabulary in age 4-5 years is somewhat low, so that will impact negative in communicate with the surrounding environment. This research conducted to see children 's vocabulary acquisition at Kurnia Putra Kindergarten. This study this study used action class action research approach. Subject in study this that is child K1 (or TK A) which consists of 16 children. method data collection used is observation participatory. Data analysis techniques using statistics descriptive. Research results this is activity sing could stimulate acquisition children 's vocabulary age early at Kurnia Putra Kindergarten. the thing could be seen from acquisition child 's vocabulary in cycle I day first average category not enough as much as 87.5% and on the day second no there is category less. Cycle II days first average category not enough as much as 75% and on the day second already no there is category less. This also happened in the other 3 cycles.

PENGARUH GAME SUSUN HURUF TERHADAP PEMEROLEHAN KOSAKATA ANAK USIA 8 TAHUN DI DESA BATU MBULAN SATU KECAMATAN BABUSSALAM KABUPATEN ACEH TENGGARA

Department of Indonesian Language and Literature, Usman Safri Kutacane School of Teacher Training and Education. Supervised by Mr. M. Supratman, S, Pd., M.Pd. And Mr. Irfan Johari, S.Pd., M.Pd. This research is an experimental study in the form of Pre-Test and Post-Test which aims to determine the effect of the letter stacking game on the vocabulary acquisition of 8 year old children in Batumbulan Satu Village, Babussalam District, Southeast Aceh Regency through the use of letter stacking games. Data collection techniques used descriptive and inferential statistical analysis. The results of this study prove that whether there is an effect of the word stacking game on the vocabulary acquisition of 8 year old children in Batumbulan Satu Village, Babussalam District, Southeast Aceh Regency through the use of letter stacking games are 1). The results of learning vocabulary for children aged 8 years in Batumbulan Satu Village, Babussalam District, Southeast Aceh Regency after implementing word stacking games have an effect on children's vocabulary acquisition skills which can be seen from the pre-test and post-test results, which are very high 45%, high 45%, moderate 10%, low 0%, and very low at 0% percentage 2). The application of the letter stacking game affects the reading ability of 8-year-old children in Batumbulan Satu Village, Babussalam District, Southeast Aceh Regency after obtaining t_count 6, 705 and t_table 5, 746 then obtained = t_count > t_table or 6>5. So, this research proves that there is an effect of letter stacking games on the vocabulary acquisition of 8 year old children in Batumbulan Satu Village, Babussalam District, Southeast Aceh Regency.

Penggunaan Media PEMA (Papan Edukasi Main Anak) Dalam Meningkatkan Pemerolehan Kosakata Anak Usia 3-4 Tahun

<p><strong>Early childhood needs to optimize various aspects of their development. One of them is the language aspect, the language skills of children can be seen from the way they communicate with other people. This needs to be supported by its vocabulary. At the age of 3-4 years, the average child knows 800 words, but still speaks in short sentences. If there is something complex to talk about, he will reveal it in two or three sentences. Currently, there are various kinds of game tools that are obtained by children, through educational play tools PEMA (children's play educational board) it is hoped that children can help children in acquiring vocabulary. The skill developed is the concept of printed letters. Children have the opportunity to interact with printed letters. Learn to recognize letters to achieve early reading skills for children. This study uses action research conducted on children aged 3-4 years. This study began by conducting a pre-test for the 5 children. Furthermore, parents document the use of PEMA media. The third is reflection of observation, reflection of documentation is interpreted in order to plan improvements that will be carried out in the next cycle. Activities are carried out repeatedly until the most appropriate one is found for each child. The results of the study are expected to increase children's vocabulary acquisition through PEMA media.</strong></p><p><strong><em>Keywords</em></strong><em> - Pemerolehan, Kosakata, Media, Anak Usia Dini, PEMA<strong></strong></em></p>

The integrative model of family stress underlying Spanish and English vocabulary development in Mexican American children: Unique effects of financial and sociocultural hardships.

Early oral language development lays an essential foundation for academic and socioemotional competencies but is vulnerable to the impact of family stress. Despite robust evidence that family stress affects early oral language development in monolingual samples, little is known about whether the family stress processes affecting language acquisition are similar among dual language learners. Furthermore, although Mexican American families often face stressors related to their ethnic minority and immigrant status, no studies to date have tested whether exposure to sociocultural stressors may likewise have negative consequences for early language acquisition. The present study examined whether financial and sociocultural stressors were associated with maternal stress perception, parenting sensitivity, and child Spanish and English receptive vocabulary at child age 3 and 4.5 years. Participants included 322 low-income Mexican American mothers and their children followed from pregnancy through 4.5 years postnatal; most mothers preferred to speak Spanish (82%). Results of a path model indicated that links between family stress and child receptive vocabulary varied by language (Spanish or English) and stress type (financial or cultural). Specifically, Spanish acquisition was more closely related to the quality of mother-child interactions, whereas English acquisition was more susceptible to the direct impact of family stress. The consequences of family stress on children's vocabulary acquisition were evident earlier in development for Spanish than English, and appeared more pronounced for financial versus sociocultural stressors. Findings underscore a need to attend to the impact of poverty on children's Spanish and English language development in low-income, Mexican American children. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).

Orthographic Facilitation of Oral Vocabulary Acquisition in Children With Hearing Loss.

Purpose Learning spoken words can be challenging for children with hearing loss who communicate orally and who are known to have weaker oral vocabulary skills than age-matched children who hear. Since vocabulary skills play a crucial role in reading and literacy acquisition, and academic success, it is important to identify effective vocabulary acquisition strategies for children with hearing loss. The aim of this study was to examine whether the incidental presence of orthography can facilitate oral vocabulary learning in children with hearing loss and whether the benefits are greater than those found in hearing children. Method We taught novel picture-word pairs with or without spellings to 23 children with hearing loss and 23 age-matched controls, ranging in age from 6 to 12 years. Word learning was assessed using behavioral and eye tracking data from picture naming and picture-word matching tasks. Results and Conclusions Results revealed an orthographic facilitation effect on oral vocabulary learning in children with hearing loss, with benefits being maintained over a week. Importantly, children with hearing loss showed a greater benefit of orthography than age-matched hearing peers on the picture naming tests. The results of this study have important implications for classroom instruction and vocabulary instruction strategies for children with hearing loss.

Little evidence for Fast Mapping (FM) in adults: A review and discussion

ABSTRACTConventional memory theory proposes that the hippocampus is initially responsible for encoding new information, before this responsibility is gradually transferred to the neocortex. Therefore, a report in 2011 by Sharon et al. of hippocampal-independent learning in humans was notable. These authors reported normal learning of new object-name associations under a Fast Mapping (FM) procedure in adults with hippocampal damage, who were amnesic according to more conventional explicit memorisation procedures. FM is an incidental learning paradigm, inspired by vocabulary acquisition in children, which is hypothesised to allow rapid, cortical-based memory formation. In the years since the original report, there has been, understandably, a growing interest in adult FM, not only because of its theoretical importance, but also because of its potential to help rehabilitate individuals with memory problems. We review the FM literature in individuals with amnesia and in healthy adults, using both explicit and implicit memory measures. Contrary to other recent reviews, we conclude that the evidence for FM in adults is weak, and restraint is needed before assuming the phenomenon exists.

Lexical Tones in Mandarin Chinese Infant-Directed Speech: Age-Related Changes in the Second Year of Life.

Tonal information is essential to early word learning in tone languages. Although numerous studies have investigated the intonational and segmental properties of infant-directed speech (IDS), only a few studies have explored the properties of lexical tones in IDS. These studies mostly focused on the first year of life; thus little is known about how lexical tones in IDS change as children’s vocabulary acquisition accelerates in the second year (Goldfield and Reznick, 1990; Bloom, 2001). The present study examines whether Mandarin Chinese mothers hyperarticulate lexical tones in IDS addressing 18- and 24-month-old children—at which age children are learning words at a rapid speed—vs. adult-directed speech (ADS). Thirty-nine Mandarin Chinese–speaking mothers were tested in a semi-spontaneous picture-book-reading task, in which they told the same story to their child (IDS condition) and to an adult (ADS condition). Results for the F0 measurements (minimum F0, maximum F0, and F0 range) of tone in the speech data revealed a continuum of differences among IDS addressing 18-month-olds, IDS addressing 24-month-olds, and ADS. Lexical tones in IDS addressing 18-month-old children had a higher minimum F0, higher maximum F0, and larger pitch range than lexical tones in ADS. Lexical tones in IDS addressing 24-month-old children showed more similarity to ADS tones with respect to pitch height: there were no differences in minimum F0 and maximum F0 between ADS and IDS. However, F0 range was still larger. These results suggest that lexical tones are generally hyperarticulated in Mandarin Chinese IDS addressing 18- and 24- month-old children despite the change in pitch level over time. Mandarin Chinese mothers hyperarticulate lexical tones in IDS when talking to toddlers and potentially facilitate tone acquisition and word learning.

Vocabulary acquisition and young learners: Different tasks, similar involvement loads

AbstractLaufer and Hulstijn (2001) suggest that the motivational-cognitive construct ofinvolvementmay explain and predict different levels of effectiveness for vocabulary-learning tasks. Drawing on their original work and on later research on theinvolvement load hypothesis(ILH), this study set out to compare the effectiveness of carefully-designed tasks for incidental vocabulary acquisition in children. Thirty-eight EFL elementary-level 10-year-olds from a public school in Warsaw, Poland, participated in the experiment. Divided into three groups, the participants performed three different sequences of tasks, each sequence inducing similar levels of involvement load. In order to measure receptive lexical learning and retention of meaning and spelling, the children were tested with an orthography test, an L2-L1 translation test, and a multiple-choice test immediately after the treatment, and one week later. In support of the ILH, the MANOVA results showed no significant differences between the treatments (irrespective of them being input- or output-based) in any of the test measurements, either in the immediate or in the delayed posttest. We discuss the results in light of the ILH, and outline some limitations and possible implications for pedagogy.

Mother–child interaction quality in shared book reading: Relation to child vocabulary and readiness to read

Past research has indicated that parent–child book reading interaction quality, not just quantity, is a relevant consideration in children's vocabulary acquisition. In particular, children's active participation is considered key. This study investigated links between maternal beliefs about shared reading strategies and children's readiness to learn to read, mothers' observed shared reading behaviors, and children's vocabulary sizes. Participants were 62 mothers and their preschool children attending Head Start. Mother–child book reading was observed, and mothers' beliefs were measured via self-report and ratings of videotaped vignettes portraying reading strategies. Children's expressive and receptive vocabularies were assessed. Results revealed that dyadic shared reading quality mediated the link between mothers' beliefs and children's expressive, but not receptive, vocabulary. Further, mothers' perceptions of children's readiness to learn to read moderated the link between mother's beliefs and shared reading quality. This evidence highlights the importance of maternal beliefs in guiding behaviors that facilitate preschoolers' vocabulary development.

Identifying learning patterns of children at risk for Specific Reading Disability

Differences in learning patterns of vocabulary acquisition in children at risk (+SRD) and not at risk (-SRD) for Specific Reading Disability (SRD) were examined using a microdevelopmental paradigm applied to the multi-trial Foreign Language Learning Task (FLLT; Baddeley etal., 1995). The FLLT was administered to 905 children from rural Chitonga-speaking Zambia. A multi-group Latent Growth Curve Model (LGCM) was implemented to study interindividual differences in intraindividual change across trials. Results showed that the +SRD group recalled fewer words correctly in the first trial, learned at a slower rate during the subsequent trials, and demonstrated a more linear learning pattern compared to the -SRD group. This study illustrates the promise of LGCM applied to multi-trial learning tasks, by isolating three components of the learning process (initial recall, rate of learning, and functional pattern of learning). Implications of this microdevelopmental approach to SRD research in low-to-middle income countries are discussed.

What counts as effective input for word learning?

The talk children hear from their primary caregivers predicts the size of their vocabularies. But children who spend time with multiple individuals also hear talk that others direct to them, as well as talk not directed to them at all. We investigated the effect of linguistic input on vocabulary acquisition in children who routinely spent time with one vs. multiple individuals. For all children, the number of words primary caregivers directed to them at age 2 ; 6 predicted vocabulary size at age 3 ; 6. For children who spent time with multiple individuals, child-directed words from all household members also predicted later vocabulary and accounted for more variance in vocabulary than words from primary caregivers alone. Interestingly, overheard words added no predictive value to the model. These findings suggest that speech directed to children is important for early word learning, even in households where a sizable proportion of input comes from overheard speech.

Expressive vocabulary acquisition in children with intellectual disability: Speech or manual signs?

Background The aim of this study was to examine the degree to which children with intellectual disability (ID) depend on manual signs during their expressive vocabulary acquisition, in relation to child and social-environmental characteristics.Method Expressive vocabulary acquisition in speech and manual signs was monitored over a 2-year period in 23 children with ID using parent report. The children's cognitive, communicative, and vocabulary comprehension skills were measured at baseline. Speech-language pathologists' and parents' use of and attitudes towards manual signs were measured using self-report.Results Four distinct profiles of vocabulary acquisition were evident. Those children who initially demonstrated the most significant cognitive, communicative, and comprehension delays acquired the smallest expressive vocabularies during follow-up, yet these variables were not related to the children's degree of dependence on manual signs.Conclusions Specific cognitive, communicative, and comprehension skills relate to vocabulary acquisition. The same skills that allow for speech development seem to be fundamental to the acquisition of manual signs.

Predicting Expressive Vocabulary Acquisition in Children With Intellectual Disabilities: A 2-Year Longitudinal Study

This study's objectives were to describe expressive vocabulary acquisition in children with intellectual disabilities (ID) and to examine specific pre- and early linguistic behaviors used to request and comment, chronological age, cognitive skills, and vocabulary comprehension as predictors of expressive vocabulary. This study included 36 children with ID, age 3;00 (years;months) to 6;05, with an average initial expressive vocabulary of 67 words. Expressive vocabulary acquisition was longitudinally followed over a 2-year period based on 4-monthly administrations of the Dutch version of the MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory/Words and Gestures (I. Zink & M. Lejaegere, 2002). Specific pre- and early linguistic behaviors used to request and comment as well as cognitive skills and vocabulary comprehension were measured at baseline. Individual growth modeling indicated that vocabulary comprehension was the only unique predictor of initial expressive vocabulary. Subsequent vocabulary growth was uniquely predicted by proportion of bimodal gesture + vocalization comments, chronological age, and cognitive skills. The results of this study underscore the great heterogeneity in expressive vocabulary skills in children with ID. The importance of prelinguistic communication, chronological age, cognitive skills, and vocabulary comprehension for explaining differences in expressive vocabulary skills is discussed.

Naturalistic language intervention leads to successful use of a graphic mode communication system among four children with Down syndrome or cerebral palsy

ed from: Dada, S., & Alant, E. (2009). The effect of aided language stimulation on vocabulary acquisition in children with little or no functional speech. American Journal of Speech- Language Pathology, 18, 50–64. Source of funding: Mellon Foundation Mentoring Program.

L2 Vocabulary Acquisition in Children: Effects of Learning Method and Cognate Status

In this study we investigated the effects of two learning methods (picture‐ or word‐mediated learning) and of word status (cognates vs. noncognates) on the vocabulary acquisition of two foreign languages: English and German. We examined children from fourth and eighth grades in a school setting. After a learning phase during which L2 words were presented either together with the corresponding translation in L1 (word‐learning method) or with the picture of the object to which the word refers (picture‐learning method), children were tested at different points in time. The results showed that the picture‐based method leads to a better performance than the word‐based method, but this effect was modulated by cognate status and age of learning. On the one hand, cognates were found to facilitate the acquisition of L2 words, but when the language was familiar (i.e., English for the eighth‐grade children), this effect decreased with exposure to language. On the other hand, cognate status interacted with the learning method in the older children, indicating that the word method was particularly effective for cognate words. Some implications concerning learning two languages at a time in the school setting are discussed.