Phonetic information -- the smallest sound elements of speech -- may not be the basis of language learning in babies as previously thought. Babies don't begin to process phonetic information reliably ...

The ways infants learn to make speech and understand languge give fascinating insights into brain function, says Annette Karmiloff-Smith. For centuries, scientists, philosophers and educationists have ...

To create a communication rich environment for their charges, Norland Nursery staff studied their own communication patterns. By Clare Crowther Within the revised Early Years Foundation Stage, the ...

Scientists have found that infants learn languages from rhythmic information - the rise and fall of tone - as seen in nursery rhymes or songs. Sarah McKinley reports Parents should speak to babies in ...

A comprehensive study from NYU Abu Dhabi's Science Division analyzed scripts from nearly 7,000 episodes of children's TV shows in the United States spanning 1960 to 2018. It uncovered enduring biased ...

A rare language that dates back to the Viking Age will be taught at a new nursery school in central Sweden, it's reported. Elfdalian will be the sole language spoken to children attending the ...

Images and paper available at: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1JRhAD1ESL6NZN7acEoZQcXCA9w50Gczr?usp=drive_link Phonetic information – the smallest sound ...