The development of language depends on the growth of the muscles and nerves necessary for making words, but also on training. A child who has never heard language will never learn to speak. The problem of the late talking child may lie in the fact that he has not been spoken to in the correct way.
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In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
300874
Language
English
Subject categories
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Children - Language
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Speech
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Child development
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Child psychology
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Children - Language
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Child development
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Child psychology
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Children - Language
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Developmental psychology
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Speech
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)