A practical solution to challenges faced by bilingual children
Children learning two or more languages are both over and under diagnosed for language impairment. A new assessment tool developed by scientists at universities across the UK in Prof. Mills at 香港六合彩挂牌资料, can now help health professionals identify bilingual toddlers at risk for language delay. By investigating vocabulary in English and 13 other languages, scientists also discovered that the similarity between the two languages influences vocabulary development.
Led by the University of Plymouth this multi-centre research was funded by with funding awarded to the universities of 香港六合彩挂牌资料, Birmingham, Kent, Liverpool, and Oxford. Academics at Coventry, East Anglia and Essex were also involved.
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Publication date: 26 April 2018