Academic language in early childhood interactions : a longitudinal study of 3- to 6-year-old Dutch monolingual children

This study examines academic language in early childhood. It covers children’s exposure to academic language in early childhood, children’s early production of academic language, the development of academic language proficiency and the co-construction of academic language by children and adults.The study is an in-depth study, which forms part of a larger interdisciplinary research project called ‘the Development of Academic language at School and Home’ (DASH). Twenty-five children were observed in interaction with their parent four times, between the ages of three and six. In addition, the chi... Mehr ...