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How Specific Qualities of Caregiver Input Shape Child Language Development |
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Meredith L. Rowe - Harvard University
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2015 |
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Invited Speaker |
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While we know that quantity of caregiver language input positively relates to children’s vocabulary development, studies focused on specific features or qualities of input can further reveal how children use input to learn language. In addition, measures of input quality frequently trump input quantity in predicting vocabulary growth. In this talk I discuss findings from a variety of studies pinpointing specific qualities of input that promote language learning at different points across early childhood. I also address how and why these input features may (or may not) vary based on family characteristics such as socioeconomic status, and I highlight practical implications for intervention. Much of this work has been funded by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development at NIH. |
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