Language Learning with Books

 

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Promoting Language with Book

 By Lauren Lowry, Hanen Certified SLP and Clinical Staff Writer for The Hanen Center   A short excerpt

 

“It’s hard to find a website or pamphlet today about child development that doesn’t say something about the importance of reading with young children. But what exactly is it about books that makes them such a powerful tool for promoting children’s development? And why should families concerned with their child’s language development ensure they are reading regularly with their child?”

 

Books: The Perfect Language-learning Tool

“A recent article by some American researchers who study early language development suggested that there are six conditions in a child’s environment that promote language learning [1]. Furthermore, these six conditions for language-learning can be promoted while parents read with their child, which makes books a terrific language-learning tool.”

 

“The six conditions in a child’s environment that promote language learning are:

 Children need to hear many words often

Children learn words when they are interested
Children learn best when adults are responsive to them
Words are learned when meanings are made clear.
Vocabulary and grammar are learned together.
Read, read, read”