Combining observational and experimental approaches to the development of language and communication in rural samples: Opportunities and challenges.

ABSTRACT: Multiple approaches - including observational and experimental - are necessary to articulate powerful theories of learning. Our field's key questions, which rely on these varied methods, are still open. How do children perceive and produce language? What do they encounter in their linguistic input? What does the learner bring to the task of acquisition? Considerable progress has been made for the development of spoken English (especially by North American learners). Yet there is still a great deal to discover about how children in other populations proceed, especially populations in rural settings. To examine language learning in these populations, we need a multi-method approach. However, adapting and integrating methods, particularly experimental ones, to new settings can present immense

SUBMITTER: Cristia A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10497711 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature