Combining observational and experimental approaches to the development of language and communication in rural samples: Opportunities and challenges
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Published:2023-03-13
Issue:3
Volume:50
Page:495-517
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ISSN:0305-0009
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Container-title:Journal of Child Language
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language:en
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Short-container-title:J. Child Lang.
Author:
CRISTIA Alejandrina,
FOUSHEE RutheORCID,
ARAVENA-BRAVO Paulina,
CYCHOSZ Margaret,
SCAFF Camila,
CASILLAS MarisaORCID
Abstract
AbstractMultiple 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 challenges. In this paper, we discuss the opportunities and challenges facing researchers who aim to use a multimethodological approach in rural samples, and what the field of language acquisition can do to promote such work.
Funder
Agence Nationale de la Recherche
Spencer Foundation
H2020 European Research Council
Institute of Education Sciences
U.S. Department of Education
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
General Psychology,Linguistics and Language,Developmental and Educational Psychology,Experimental and Cognitive Psychology,Language and Linguistics
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