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November
2015
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11:02
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“Gurgle gaga goo” [Or how The University of Manchester will help you speak ‘baby’]
- Kids say the funniest things’ at the Manchester Museum is a free event about language learning
- Fun activities and talks for the whole family
Reading with mum
A baby talk app and how babies’ eyes give clues to what they think are among the ways in which scientists from The University of Manchester will be sharing what they know about how we learn to talk at a free public event on 7 and 8 November.
‘Kids say the funniest things’ at the Manchester Museum is a hands-on event that will give an insight into language learning: from the clever mistakes that children make when they speak, to how they grow their vocabulary – when a new word could mean absolutely anything.
People visiting the free event will have the chance to try craft activities based on other cultures and languages and be among the first to try a new app which helps parents keep a record of their child’s language learning. They can also ask those burning questions about child language development, like is technology good or bad for language learning?
There’s even a chance to learn some mind reading techniques…
The event is organised by the ESRC International Centre for Language and Communicative Development (LuCiD), an initiative spearheaded by the Universities of Manchester, Liverpool and Lancaster that is transforming our understanding of how children learn to communicate.
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Learning to speak is an incredible process starting from the noises and expressions we make as babies up to learning the sometimes strange rules of English
Understanding this process is vital to helping to support children with language delay. This event is designed to promote that in a fun, hands-on way.
Helen Allwood
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Helen Allwood from LuCiD said: “Learning to speak is an incredible process starting from the noises and expressions we make as babies up to learning the sometimes strange rules of English.
“Understanding this process is vital to helping to support children with language delay. This event is designed to promote that in a fun, hands-on way.”
Kids say the funniest things is part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science
11am-4pm, 7-8 November, free entry, the Manchester Museum, Oxford Road Manchester.
Five Common Clever Language Mistakes That Children Make
In the course of learning a language, children often say things that don’t sound quite right. These ‘clever mistakes’ are often a sign of progress in language learning and generally the best way to respond to them is probably to keep on talking.
1. Sometimes they leave things out:
He want that (= He wants that)
That go there (= That goes there)
2. Sometimes they extend plurals:
Mouses (= Mice)
Sheeps (= Sheep)
3. Sometimes they extend past tense:
I goed to school yesterday (=I went to school yesterday)
I runned away (=I ran away)
4. Sometimes they make up words:
Uncapture me (= Let me go)
I hate you and I’m never going to unhate you (=stop hating you)
5. Sometimes they use words that don’t fit the sentence pattern:
Don’t giggle me (=make me giggle)
Don’t say me that or you’ll make me cry (=tell me that)
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