Parent and baby classes are increasingly popular, and the choice greater than ever. But given that these classes are often expensive, do they deliver any of the benefits they claim to? Find out more..
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In her latest blog post for Cambridge Extra, Dr Katie Alcock describes her research on child language development in Kenya. Language acquisition research in low-income countries is relatively sparse…
In order to understand a language, we need to learn to spot the individual words it contains, and we need to figure out whether these words are following any particular sets of rules. This is…
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time and Rain Man both tell the story of people with certain kinds of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) who nevertheless have some remarkable spared…
At first sight, the issue of what label we use to describe language learning difficulties seems a trivial one. But in her blog, Prof Caroline Rowland explains why it's so important to be consistent...
Infants are naturally curious. They love to explore the world around them either in order to help them achieve goals or just to see whether a toy tastes as good as it looks. This inner drive to…