Baby talk: how early childhood centres can help multilingual children

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A new study analysing infant and toddler language interactions at early childhood centres could shed light on why children from non-English speaking backgrounds often start school with weaker language skills than their English-speaking peers.

 

Infants from multilingual backgrounds 'talk' less with their early childhood educators, which could slow their language development, according to a new study. But researchers also found the children catch up over time.