We investigate the causal effect of parents’ linguistic skills on intergenerational language transmission in a bilingual society. consider case Catalonia, where two main speech communities, Spanish and Catalan, are similar sizes, both languages official, exploit natural experiment generated by language-in-education reform. discuss theoretically alternative channels through which such policies m...

in the present research. the relationship of social and language development of 1 grade girl students has been investigated. with the aim of showing the interrelatedness of these variables and the significant effect of social development on language development. thirty 1si grade girl students were selected through stratified random sampling. results from the administration of told-p-3 and weinl...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the effects of infant orthopedics (IO) on the language skills of children with complete unilateral cleft lip and palate (UCLP). DESIGN In a prospective randomized clinical trial (Dutchcleft), two groups of children with complete UCLP were followed up longitudinally: one group was treated with IO based on a modified Zurich approach in the first year of life (IO group);...

This paper uses data from the 2010 American Community Survey (ACS) to study the returns to language skills of child and adult migrants in the US labor market. We employ an instrumental variable strategy, which exploits diff erences in language acquisition profi les between immigrants from Englishand non-English-speaking countries of origin, to address problems related to endogeneity and measure...

Introduction: In recent years, music has been employed in many intervention and rehabilitation program to enhance cognitive abilities in patients. Numerous researches show that music therapy can help improving language skills in patients including hearing impaired. In this study, a new method of music training is introduced based on principles of neuroscience and capabilities of Persian languag...

PURPOSE This article describes how participation in activities/routines can be used as a basis for understanding children's communication and language skills and how that knowledge can be extended to collaborate with families and caregivers to develop meaningful early intervention outcomes. METHOD The approach is centered on children's use of communication and language skills to participate i...

Strengthening the connections between sign language and written language may improve reading skills in deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) signing children. The main aim of the present study was to investigate whether computerized sign language-based literacy training improves reading skills in DHH signing children who are learning to read. Further, longitudinal associations between sign language sk...