Rian Aarts
List of John Benjamins publications for which Rian Aarts plays a role.
2017 Academic language in elementary school mathematics: Academicness of teacher input during whole class instruction Dutch Journal of Applied Linguistics 6:2, pp. 213–230 | Article
Students who are proficient academic language (AL) users, achieve better in school. To develop students’ AL register teachers’ AL input is necessary. The goal of this study was to investigate the extent of AL features in the language input first and second grade teachers give their students in… read more
2006 Ontluikende Schooltaalvaardigheid in Interacties Tussen Moeders en Driejarigen: Op zoek naar schooltaalkenmerken in Nederlandse, Berber en Turkse gezinnen Thema's en trends in de sociolinguistiek 5, pp. 21–38 | Article
Academic or school language is a specific register of language that involves the use of language for cognitively complex, decontextualised communication. When children enter school they are expected to be able to participate in situations where this kind of language use is demanded. Some children… read more
2006 Schooltaal Thuis: Een meervoudige casestudy naar het taalaanbod van moeders aan hun driejarige kind Toegepaste Taalwetenschap in Artikelen 75, pp. 41–52 | Article
In Dutch education, children of Dutch parents with a low educational level lag behind peers with higher educated parents. This can be explained by the language input the former group receives at home, which is thought to prepare them less well for the academic language used in schools than that of… read more
2004 Een Taalportfolio Voor Docenten In Het Basisonderwijs Kijk op schrijven in T1 en T2, pp. 75–88 | Article
This article focuses on the development of a language portfolio for teachers in primaty education. Portfolios are being used more and more in education, particularly in higher education. But also in primary education, a language portfolio for pupils (which has been accredited by the European… read more
2001 Ouders, Taal en Interactie in Opstap Opnieuw Onderzoek ontmoet onderwijs 2, pp. 9–22 | Article
Home-based intervention programs should not only offer all those qualities that are required for every intervention program for youngsters, but also have to take care that they can be used by low-educated, sometimes illiterate parents. A fact that must also be taken into account is that… read more