Early Childhood Development - ed

WORKING PAPERS IN

Early Childhood Development

49

Fostering language acquisition in daycare settings

What does the research tell us?

By Simone Beller

Cover: Based on the Reggio Emilia pedagogy, Stichting Pedagogiekontwikkeling 0-7 stimulates young children's development in a learning community in which parents, children and teachers actively participate. Here two young children are enjoying themselves reading and playing `house' in a tent. Photo: Angela Barrau-Ernst

Design: Valetti, vormgeving en communicatie, The Hague, The Netherlands

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WORKING PAPERS IN

Early Childhood Development

49

Fostering language acquisition in daycare settings

What does the research tell us?

By Simone Beller

June 2008

Copyright ? 2008 by the Bernard van Leer Foundation, The Netherlands. The Bernard van Leer Foundation encourages fair use of this material. Proper citation is requested. This publication may not be resold for profit.

About the author Simone Beller is a research coordinator at the Free University in Berlin and INA gGmbH (Internationale Akademie f?r innovative P?dagogik, Psychologie und ?konomie an der Freien Universit?t Berlin). Her current focus is on fostering language development in infant daycare for children from native and immigrant families.

Citation Beller, S. (2008) Fostering language acquisition in daycare settings: What does the research tell us? Working Paper No. 49. The Hague, The Netherlands: Bernard van Leer Foundation.

ISSN 1383-7907 ISBN 978-9-06195-108-7

Contents

Executive summary

v

Chapter 1. Theoretical approaches to language development

1

Chapter 2. Language development and the role of social environment

7

Chapter 3. Language development and school success

27

Chapter 4. Models and programmes for fostering language development and literacy in

29

infancy and early childhood

Chapter 5. Conclusions: Implications and recommendations for practice

33

References

39

Glossary

51

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