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A new study in U.S.-born children from Spanish-speaking families finds that minority language exposure does not threaten the acquisition of English by children in the U.S. and that there is no ...

Carly Steele received funding from the Australian Government Research Training Program and the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language to conduct this research as ...

Six-year-old Antoni, born in the UK to Polish parents, speaks only a few English words in class and often looks confused when ...

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Four-year-old Michael and his two-year-old brother Adrian were nestled cozily at the foot of their home stairway. Scattered about them were their beddings, some selected toys and stuffed animals, and ...

A study examining parents' vocabulary and grammar as an influence on children's acquisition of English, finds that the quality of child-directed speech depends on the speaker's language proficiency.

One of the most challenging aspects of properly addressing the different brains of dyslexic children is recognizing them in the first place. Dyslexia occurs on a continuum and there is no “sharp ...