"risk-taking" and LA

[ERIKA C. HOFF]

I believe Brian Richards talked about this. Perhaps emailing him would
be the fastest way to check my recollection.

Erika Hoff


Jean Berko Gleason wrote:


>Cynthia W Core wrote:
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>> Dear Childes members,
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>> A colleague asked me about children?s approach to language learning in
>> terms of ?risk-taking.? I know I have read something along the lines
>> of some children talking more and making more errors and not seeming
>> to be bothered by that, while other children talk less, use more
>> careful speech and make fewer errors.
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>> Is there research that substantiates this? Or is this just opinion?
>> Where can I find references on this?
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>> Thank you.
>>
>> Cynthia Core, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
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>> Assistant Professor
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>> Dept of Communication Sciences and Disorders
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>> 777 Glades Road, PO Box 3091
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>> Florida Atlantic University
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>> Boca Raton, FL 33431
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>> (561) 297-1138
>>
>> ccore at fau.edu
>>
>Hi... Beverly Goldfield and Catherine Snow review a number of these
>studies in their chapter on individual differences in our textbook, The
>Development of Language (5th ed., Allyn & Bacon, 2001). They cite work
>on risk taking or shyness and first language acquisition by D. Horgan
>(1981), M. A. Evans (1993), A. L. Ramer (1976), Kuczaj & Maratsos
>(1983), as well as work by Lily Wong Fillmore (1979) that seems to show
>that shy children are slower at acquiring second languages.
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>Jean Berko Gleason
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