Hoff article

Question 1

Cultural influence on language development

Answer 1

Cultures where adults speak directly to pre-linguistic children using CDS, those children produce single words than chunks, use more novel language (analytic). Overheard speech= produce large overheard speech that they later analyze (holistic approach)

Question 2

influence of SES on language development

Answer 2

• education level, job prestige, and income
• Children from higher SES produce longer -responses to adult speech, score higher on standardized tests that address grammatical development, more complex utterances in spontaneous speech as toddlers-5yo. Perform better on productive and receptive syntax at age 6.

Question 3

age of caregiver

Answer 3

no specific studies done, however children with adolescent mothers have lower IQ scores, which have substantial verbal component.

Question 4

birth order

Answer 4

first born children have better vocabulary and syntax while later borns have better conversational skills

Question 5

joint attention

Answer 5

children 14-15 mo who engage in joint attention develop language more rapidly than those who don’t

Question 6

influence of peers

Answer 6

learn more vocab and more socialization skills from being around other children.