Preschoolers' language development is partly tied to their classmates' language skills
Thursday, May 14, 2009 - 23:49
in Psychology & Sociology
Young children learn how to speak and understand language from the words parents speak at home and teachers speak in preschool. A new longitudinal study has found that their preschool classmates also play a part. The study, by researchers at the University of Virginia and Ohio State University, is published in the May/June 2009 issue of the journal Child Development.
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