Playing in natural environments is a popular activity for young children. In previous years,
studies have shown benefits of playing in natural environment for children's motor …

Purpose: We studied conversations initiated through teacher questions during shared book
reading in prekindergarten and kindergarten classrooms as these conversations provide …

The aim of the study was to explore teacher–child interaction in 24 whole-class read-aloud
sessions in Chilean kindergarten classrooms serving children from low socioeconomic …

Aims: The current study tests Clarke's (1999) findings on phases and variations of the
English development of young second-language learners in a Chinese English as a Foreign …

Abstract Background and Purpose: Outdoor play is widely acknowledged for its benefits to
physical health and psychological well-being, yet its relationship with school readiness …

In the field of applied linguistics, the use of multiple languages in educational settings has
often been studied from a pedagogical perspective, focusing on teacher practices. In order …

By focusing on differences and similarities between languages, pupils can increase their
learning of abstract principles, metalinguistic awareness and language learning strategies …

Leren in interactie Een analyse van het voorlezen van prentenboeken in de kleuterklas In
het proefschrift 'Tracing learning in interaction'van Myrte Gosen dat zij zal verdedigen op 21 …

Conversation Analysis (CA) as a methodology was established in the 1960s and 1970s with
Harvey Sacks as its founding father (Sacks, 1992). Its origins are in the ethnomethodological …

Research shows that multilingual pupils' school achievements and socio-affective
development may improve when their home languages are valued positively and used as …