Interactions and Language Acquisition in Non-Family Settings
Edited by Caroline Masson
Special issue of Language, Interaction and Acquisition 15:1 (2024) v, 188 pp.
Caroline Masson
List of John Benjamins publications in which Caroline Masson is involved.
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2024 Children’s multimodal participation in interactions and dialogues across different activities in an early childhood education and care setting Interactions and Language Acquisition in Non-Family Settings, Masson, Caroline (ed.), pp. 57–94 | Article
Early childhood education and care (ECEC) settings are challenging contexts for children to engage in conversations. According to previous studies, toddler participation is minimal. However, most studies have focused on vocal productions. This study investigates how gestures also enable children… read more
2024 Interaction and language acquisition in non-family settings Interactions and Language Acquisition in Non-Family Settings, Masson, Caroline (ed.), pp. 13–23 | Introduction
Résumé Le numéro thématique porte sur les interactions et l’acquisition du langage en dehors du cadre familial, en se focalisant sur les interactions entre les adultes et les enfants. Il rassemble des articles qui ont pour objectif de décrire les caractéristiques des cadres interactifs des… read more
2024 Interactions et acquisition du langage en milieu extrafamilial Interactions and Language Acquisition in Non-Family Settings, Masson, Caroline (ed.), pp. 1–12 | Introduction
Abstract This special issue addresses language acquisition outside the family settings with emphasis on adult-child interactions. It brings together contributions which share the objective of describing the characteristics of children’s interactional frameworks in non-family and collective… read more
2024 Engaging children in activities and interactions: What strategies do educators use in early childhood education and care? Interactions and Language Acquisition in Non-Family Settings, Masson, Caroline (ed.), pp. 95–129 | Article
In early childhood education and care (ECEC), children do not participate in the same way and to the same extent in various kinds of interactions. One of the challenges for educators is to succeed in involving every child in the proposed activities, thereby enabling them to benefit from these… read more