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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In the continuation of Chris Boyatzis's
question:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> c. could anyone point to some
readings (if there is any, and if question is not too naive) on the relationship
between early "explosion of vocabulary" at the age of 2 and 3 in the
course of language development, and establishing of neural connections in the
brain development.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thank you.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Darinka Andjelkovic</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=boyatzis@bucknell.edu href="mailto:boyatzis@bucknell.edu">Chris
Boyatzis</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=mmr.julien@wanadoo.nl
href="mailto:mmr.julien@wanadoo.nl">M.M.R. (Manuela) Julien</A> ; <A
title=E_Schlag@hotmail.com href="mailto:E_Schlag@hotmail.com">Edith Schlag</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A
title=info-childes@mail.talkbank.org
href="mailto:info-childes@mail.talkbank.org">CHILDES</A> ; <A
title=a.correianunes@chello.nl
href="mailto:a.correianunes@chello.nl">a.correianunes@chello.nl</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, March 24, 2005 6:10
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Lexicon in Bilingual
Language Impaired Children</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=3>Would anyone be able to point me to some readings
on the relationship
between:<BR><X-TAB> </X-TAB>a.
early language development and brain maturation, specifically in temporal
lobe/Broca's/Wernicke's
areas?<BR><X-TAB> </X-TAB>b.
early linguistic environment/parental input and brain
maturation?<BR><BR>THanks much!<BR>Chris Boyatzis<BR><BR>At 02:32 PM 3/24/2005
+0100, M.M.R. (Manuela) Julien wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite">Dear Edith,<BR><BR>I think that
the idea that learning two languages would be to much for a child with a
language impairment is not justified. There is no evidence, as far as I
know, to support that changing from bilingualism to monolingualism helps
children with language problems overcome their problems. One of the risks of
such a sudden switch is that the communication with the family wil be
disturbed. <BR>This is a very delicate issue and there are many factors
which need to be considered before taking a decision. For instance,
what are the wishes of the parents regarding the childs bilingualism, what
is the parents command of the language they choose to use if they insist on
droping one of the languages? Are they able to offer the child a rich
exposure to that language? <BR><BR>Colin Baker has written about this
issue on <I>"</I> A parents’ and teachers’ guide to bilingualism,
Multilingual Matters ltd. Clevedon, England 2000<BR> <BR>The following
book, written bij Elke Montanari Montanari (2004), is also worth
reading (it does not deal with language disorders but gives good advice to
parents on several issues regarding raising children to be multilingual).
The original book was written in German so you can refer it to these
parents.<BR><BR>"Hoe kinderen meertalig opgroeien, PlanPlan producties,
Amsterdam"<BR><BR>Nazife Cavus en myself are at the moment writting an
artikel about this issue, in Dutch, which wil be published in the LO
& FO (the Dutch monthly magazine of the association of speech and
language therapists). <BR><BR>I hoop this wil help you<BR><BR>Manuela Julien
(neurolinguist and speech and language therapist)<BR>Haags Audiologisch
Centrum Effatha, The Netherlands<BR><BR><BR> <BR>At 14:01 21-3-2005,
you wrote:<BR></FONT>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=arial size=2>Dear
childes-readers,<BR>I would like to ask you for some advice. I work with
language impaired children in the Netherlands and one of them has got
serious language delay, especially in lexical skills. She eldues to
gesticulation in both languages. I'd like to have some advice on what
language choice the parents should make. Is it better to have her exposed
to one language only or would it be more advisable to let both her parents
(German-Spanish and living in a mostly German environment) use their
mothertongues? I imagine that two languages are a little overtaxing for
the kid. Is simultaneous development of two lexicons two much for a
language impaired?<BR>Grateful for any suggestion,<BR>Edith Schlag, MSc,
SLT<BR>Delft, The Netherlands</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><X-SIGSEP>
<P></X-SIGSEP><FONT size=3>Chris J. Boyatzis, Ph.D.<BR>Associate Professor
of Psychology<BR>Department of Psychology<BR>Bucknell
University<BR>Lewisburg PA 17837<BR><BR>Office phone:
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