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How does your child learn to talk?

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Early Conversations

How does your baby communicate with you and the people around him? Through sounds and later on, words. Every child develops at their own pace, but there are key stages in the process, during which your help is vital.

Sarah Horrocks
26/08/2006

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The Beginnings of Language

- Is Language-Learning a Family Trait?
- Crying as Communication
- What is baby talk for?

Early Conversations

- Does you baby understand what you say?
- Do I have to talk to him?
- When will he say his first word?
- How do you teach a baby to be bilingual?
- Will a more 'sociable' baby find it easier to learn to talk?

Learning Stages

- Why do children make words up?
- Do boys talks later than girls?
- When will he start forming sentences?
- Learner Phrases
- What are the main language problems?

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