Learning to talk in the first place, and learning to speak properly. See also the tags [language] for general language issues and [bilingual] for issues involving more than one langauge.
Questions tagged [language-development]
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How do I explain regional differences in language?
What are good methods of explaining to my four-year-old son why "color" is not how he should spell "colour", even though it is spelt that way in many of the books he's reading? (Also "realize", "favorite", etc).
Similarly, although less…
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How can we improve a trilingual toddler's basic language development?
Bilingual and trilingual kids have a slower language development than others, so this is probably quite normal, but our 14 month old daughter talks a lot but doesn't use any words, not even for mum and dad.
I do understand that "Pappa/Daddy/Tata" is…
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How to teach a child a foreign language at home when both parents aren't native speakers of a different language?
Kid's age is currently 6 months.
Country: India
I can write English well but am not fluent when it comes to speaking. I don;t have any native English speakers around me.
What are my other options of making the kid learn English at home?
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Is it common that 2 to 3 year old children use articles and plurals incorrectly?
Ok, English is not my first language. My mother tongue is Vietnamese. There are 5 people in my family: my parents, my wife, my son and me.
I decided to teach my child bilingually. So, about 6 months ago I started speaking English with my son. He is…
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Raising a quadrilingual child
My husband and I are aiming to raise a child who’d speak 4 languages natively (I’m a native speaker of Ukrainian and Russian, my husband is Japanese, and we are both proficient in English and use the language on a daily basis).
Those of you who…
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Can I teach my baby to talk with a recording of my own voice?
My baby is coming in four months, and I am doing my homework on how to teach it to talk. I have seen some studies show that babies cannot learn languages through voice recording and TV program, but I have also seen other studies state that…
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How do you get your child to say I have to go potty?
My boy is 3years and 3 months and have been doing all the things charts, stickers, rewards, singing, dancing, high fives and videos you name it I have tried it! He goes all the time when I bring him but just won't ask to go potty!!! I'm at a loss.…
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I am vs my is - when do children develop this bit of language?
My son can string together some quite complicated sentences.
But he still say "my is" rather than "I am". So, "my is ready!" rather than "I am ready!".
When do children learn this bit of language?
I'm avoiding ages because all children are…
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At what age is it reasonable to expect a child to understand risk/chance?
Our 3 year old has done a few things that were risky, e.g. she stood up on a chair with wheels to reach something. I explained that it is very dangerous and that she could fall. Her response - as has been with a few cases like this now - was "No, I…
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Can newborns get used to the sounds of a language in the background?
My 4 week old newborn likes the sound of background noise (eg. white noise, radio, TV) to get to sleep.
I also want to give my child the best chance to learn a foreign language when they are older. Unfortunately I don't know any foreign languages so…
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Babbling - encourage babbling in 2 yo with glue ear?
What does the best research say about babbling, and whether it should be encouraged, ignored, or discouraged?
Would early deafness make a difference to that advice?
I've been told that babbling is fine; and to repeat the sounds back sometimes is…
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Can child forget how to pronounce a letter?
My son is now 2 years old and he cannot say R (he would either use another letter or say something more similar to "v"rather than "r").
What concerns me is that R is one of the first letters he was able to say! He would sometimes go on for a couple…
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Why my 2 years old doesn't talk?
Possible Duplicate:
At what age should I expect my daughter to talk?
My 2 years old daughter is very active and seems to learn and understand many things. She even talks a lot although what she says is meaningless.
One thing she doesn't do is…
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Which languange should I start teaching my baby after moving to a new country?
I moved from my home country to America and gave birth to my first baby, and one thing bugs me. I want my child to know my languange so she can speak to her family from my side because my family doesn't speak English but I want her to speak English…
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What are some evidence-based techniques for speech therapy?
My son is just over three years old. He has had glue ear, sometimes in both ears.
What are some evidence-based speech therapy techniques and games that can be applied by parents in the home?
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