Articles relating to child language development | Child and Family Blog

Articles relating to child language development from some of the world’s top child and family researchers.

Research is looking at what affects language development in children. Stress and adversity and key factors affect linguistic development. There is interesting research on the effects of bilingualism on child learning.

vocabulary

Cognitive Development (4-12)

Coordinated help at home and school could help children in poverty to fill 30 million vocabulary gap

Research shows poor children's vocabulary gap is evident at 18 months and widens to make learning more difficult and create lifelong disadvantages.

Annemarie H. HindmanMay 2016

literacy and maths tests

Cognitive Development (4-12)

Children from better-off families on average do better in literacy and maths tests

Children’s performance in literacy, reasoning and maths tests correlates with the amount of investment by parents in their education.

Child & Family Blog EditorApril 2016

stress child

Stress of adversity harms children biologically and behaviorally, but good care can reverse the damage

Warm, supportive relationships with adults to whom children are attached, can reduce effects of chronic stress.

Ross A. ThompsonOctober 2014

mother tongue

Cognitive Development (0-3)

Silencing the mother tongue makes it harder for bilingual children to learn English

Speaking your first language at home provides important advantages, supporting child development, reading and educational attainment.

Allyssa McCabeSeptember 2014

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