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CASD 2231 Speech & Language Development: Language learning in young children in relation to their environments

Open Educational Resource (OER) created for Professor Epstein's CASD 2231 course.

Language learning in young children in relation to their environments

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Summary

  • Cognitive prerequisites for language learning.
  • The relationship among cognition, comprehension, and production of language.
  • Children’s learning strategies and parents’ teaching methods for language.
  • Characteristics of child directed speech.
  • Play as the context for language acquisition.

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