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D'Odorico, Laura; Jacob, Valentina – International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 2006
Background: Children who have reached the age of 2 years without having acquired a 50-word vocabulary and/or who use no word combinations are referred to in the literature as "Late Talkers". Research has not yet identified the factors that cause slow development of expressive language; in particular, relatively little research has been carried out…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Delayed Speech, Linguistic Input, Mothers
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Gibbard, Deborah; Coglan, Louisa; MacDonald, John – International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 2004
Background: Parents and professionals can both play a role in improving children's expressive language development and a number of alternative models of delivery exist that involve different levels of input by these two groups. However, these alternative treatments have not been subject to rigorous comparative analysis in terms of both cost and…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Receptive Language