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 - How does your child learn to talk?

Language acquisition is a long process which doesn’t just happen in the brain.  A certain level of emotional development is needed before the child can move on from crying, to babbling, baby talk and experimenting with new sounds and words, but what are the main stages in this process?  What is babbling for? How old will he be when he says his first word? How can you help? Make baby talk less of a mystery with our guide to learning to speak…



By: SH, translated and adapted by:KM


 
  

Sarah Horrocks
26/08/2006
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The Beginnings of Language


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