Jeanne Kurvers
List of John Benjamins publications for which Jeanne Kurvers plays a role.
Articles
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
2017 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
Offline segmentation and online language processing units: The influence of literacy Units of Language – Units of Writing, Joyce, Terry and David Roberts (eds.), pp. 165–184 | Article
2012 Although metalinguistic (‘offline’) awareness of words as linguistic units has been related to literacy, it is still uncertain whether literacy also affects the units of language that people process unconsciously (‘online’). In this contribution, we first discuss the characteristics of offline and… read more
Segmentatie Van Gesproken Nederlands En Chinees: De invloed van Geletterdheid en schriftsoort Toegepaste Taalwetenschap in Artikelen 83, pp. 79–89 | Article
2010 Words' are often regarded as the basic units of language. Previous studies into metalinguistic and metalexical development have shown, however, that people are only able to segment words from written language if words are salient linguistic units in writing in their mother-tongue. And even then… read more
Opvattingen Over Nederlands En Andere Talen Als Instructietaal Op Aruba En In Suriname Toegepaste Taalwetenschap in Artikelen 82, pp. 57–68 | Article
2009 The Republic of Suriname in South America and the Carribean island of Aruba are both former Dutch colonies. After its independence in 1975 Suriname opted for maintaining Dutch as an official language and a language of education and also in Aruba, which is nowadays an autonomous part of the Kingdom… read more
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
2006 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
Negen Talen En Drie Schriften: Schriftverwerving en schriftgebruik in Eritrea Toegepaste Taalwetenschap in Artikelen 75, pp. 89–102 | Article
2006 In view of its sociolinguistic situation and its mother tongue language policy Eritrea qualifies as an excellent site for comparatively investigating the acquisition and use of literacy in nine different languages (Tigrinya, Tigre, Afar, Saho, Bidhaawyeet, Kunama, Nara, Bilen and Rashaida) using… read more
Sapir Revisited? Over Woorden en Woordgrenzen in Gesproken en Geschreven Taal Thema's en trends in de sociolinguistiek 4, pp. 121–133 | Article
2003 Children cannot mark well word boundaries in spoken language before they are about seven years of age, although some researchers (e.g., Karmiloff-Smith et al. 1996) claim a much earlier emergence. Different explanations have been put forward for the development of word marking skills: on the one… read more
De Analfabetische Blik en de Geletterde Bril: Taalbewustzijn van analfabeten Taal en bewustzijn, pp. 9–26 | Article
2002 Until recently, studies about adults' metalinguistic knowledge nearly always dealt with adult readers. Since explanations about the development of children's metalinguistic knowledge are not conclusive about the influence of either (language) development or experience with written language. Adult… read more
Ouders, Taal en Interactie in Opstap Opnieuw Onderzoek ontmoet onderwijs 2, pp. 9–22 | Article
2001 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
Vragen of Observeren? Een onderzoek naar taalleerstrategieën in de basiseducatie Toegepaste Taalwetenschap in Artikelen 61, pp. 61–73 | Article
1999 The language learning strategies of adult second-language learners get more important as education concentrates more on individualisation and flexibility. In a multiple case study, it was examined which learning strategies were utilised by some lower educated, second-language learners who were… read more