The Influence of Bilingual Language Exposure on the Narrative, Social and Pragmatic Abilities of School-Aged Children on the Autism Spectrum

Beauchamp, Myriam L. H.; Rezzonico, Stefano; Bennett, Terry; Duku, Eric; Georgiades, Stelios; Kerns, Connor M.; Mirenda, Pat; Richard, Annie; Smith, Isabel M.; Szatmári, Péter; Vaillancourt, Tracy; Waddell, Charlotte; Zaidman‐Zait, Anat; Zwaigenbaum, Lonnie; Elsabbagh, Mayada

doi:10.1007/s10803-022-05678-w

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“…The study by Sánchez et al (2023) investigates the development of pragmatic knowledge in heritage bilingual children, focusing on how language dominance, experience, and interaction affect their understanding and use of null and overt subjects in Spanish and English. Beauchamp et al (2023) examine the effect of being raised bilingual on narrative, social, and pragmatic skills in school-aged children with autism, pointing out the complex implications of bilingualism in autistic populations. Children with social communication impairments find it difficult to communicate successfully in social situations, as noted by Murphy et al (2021).…”

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Exploring Pragmatic Development in 4-Year-Old Children: An Interactionalist Perspective

Salamah,

Zultiyanti

2024

ERJEE

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Many studies of pragmatic acquisition in Indonesia have been carried out, but they are only limited to aspects of speech acts. For this reason, it is necessary to have an in-depth study related to aspects of acquiring pragmatics in children. This research was conducted using a qualitative descriptive method. This study aims to describe the main issues regarding pragmatic acquisition in children aged 4 years. The research data was obtained at ABA Nitikan Yogyakarta Kindergarten. As for the technique of data collection, it was done by observation method with recording and note-taking techniques. Data analysis uses the Miles Huberman flow model. The validity of the data is achieved by triangulation of methods and theories. Data triangulation was carried out by extracting data from three sources, namely in-depth observations in class, audio recordings of class interactions and reflective analysis of field notes. Theoretical triangulation is carried out by comparing the results of research data acquisition with relevant theoretical perspectives to avoid the researcher's individual bias on the resulting findings or conclusions. The results of a study of the acquisition of pragmatics in children show that 4 years old children in ABA Nitikan Yogyakarta Kindergarten have acquired the aspects of Joint Attention (JA) as much as 4%, Common Ground (CG) 9%, Convention and Contrast (CC) 11%, Feedback and Repair (FR) 9%, and Speech Act (SA) 67%.

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Section: Pragmaticmentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring Pragmatic Development in 4-Year-Old Children: An Interactionalist Perspective

Salamah,

Zultiyanti

2024

ERJEE

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Should Parents Only Use One Language with Their Autistic Children? The Relations Between Multilingualism, Children‘s Social Skills, and Parent-Child Communication

Franco,

Costa

2024

J Autism Dev Disord

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Purpose Parents of autistic children are often advised to use only one language to simplify their child’s language acquisition. Often this recommendation orients towards the geographically predominant language, which may cause difficulties especially for minority-language families. On the other hand, scientific evidence suggests that multilingualism does not hinder language acquisition and that communicating in exclusively foreign languages may even impede social interaction. Therefore, we investigated how parent language use is linked to the social skills of 68 autistic children and to their parents’ ability to feel comfortable, authentic, and free to express themselves. Methods Data was collected online, using parent-report questionnaires from parents of 25 different nationalities in the European context, assessing children’s language, autistic traits (AQ-C), social skills (SRS-2), and parent-child communication. Results Language use was not found to significantly relate to social skills in children. However, parents using their mother tongue, either only their mother tongue or in combination with other languages, reported feeling significantly more comfortable and more authentic than parents using exclusively foreign languages, either one or many. There were no significant differences between monolingual and multilingual families regarding parents’ feelings in regard to their language use. Conclusions Our findings may encourage specialists to consider multilingualism more often and consult with parents whether monolingualism is worth risking the negative outcomes we have found. Especially, since advising parents to raise their child multilingually may facilitate access to therapeutic treatment, childcare, and social interaction in multilingual societies and families and subsequently improve support and orientation for stakeholders.

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Learning how to communicate: Does exposure to multiple languages promote children’s pragmatic abilities? A meta-analytic review

van Wonderen,

Mulder,

Rispens

et al. 2023

Cognitive Development

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The Influence of Bilingual Language Exposure on the Narrative, Social and Pragmatic Abilities of School-Aged Children on the Autism Spectrum

Cited by 3 publications

References 57 publications

Exploring Pragmatic Development in 4-Year-Old Children: An Interactionalist Perspective

Exploring Pragmatic Development in 4-Year-Old Children: An Interactionalist Perspective

Should Parents Only Use One Language with Their Autistic Children? The Relations Between Multilingualism, Children‘s Social Skills, and Parent-Child Communication

Learning how to communicate: Does exposure to multiple languages promote children’s pragmatic abilities? A meta-analytic review

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