Skype Me! Socially Contingent Interactions Help Toddlers Learn Language

Language learning takes place in the context of social interactions, yet the mechanisms that render social interactions useful for learning language remain unclear. This study focuses on whether social contingency might support word learning. Toddlers aged 24–30 months (N = 36) were exposed to novel...

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Published in:	Child development 2014-05, Vol.85 (3), p.956-970
Main Authors:	Roseberry, Sarah, Hirsh-Pasek, Kathy, Golinkoff, Roberta M.
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Subjects:	Biological and medical sciences Chat Chat rooms Child Child development Child, Preschool Children Computer mediated communication Contingencies Developmental psychology EMPIRICAL ARTICLES Female Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Humans Infants Interactive Video Interpersonal Relations Language Language Acquisition Language Development Learning Learning - physiology Literature Male Media Native language acquisition Novels Preschool children Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychology. Psychophysiology Random Allocation Social discrimination learning Social interaction Social interactions Technology Technology Uses in Education Toddlers Toys Training Verbs Video Video Technology Videoconferencing Videos Videotape Recordings Videotapes Visual fixation Vocabulary Learning Young Children
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