(2022) COVID-19 first lockdown as a window into language acquisition : associations between caregiver-child activities and vocabulary gains. Language Development Research, 2 (1). pp. 1-36. doi:10.34842/abym-xv34
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Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic, and the resulting closure of daycare centers worldwide, led to unprecedented changes in children’s learning environments. This period of increased time at home with caregivers, with limited access to external sources (e.g., daycares) provides a unique opportunity to examine the associations between the caregiver-child activities and children’s language development. The vocabularies of 1742 children aged8-36 months across 13 countries and 12 languages were evaluated at the beginning and end of the first lockdown period in their respective countries(from March to September 2020). Children who had less passive screen exposure and whose caregivers read more to them showed larger gains in vocabulary development during lockdown, after controlling for SES and other caregiver-child activities. Children also gained more words than expected (based on normative data) during lockdown; either caregivers were more aware of their child’s development or vocabulary development benefited from intense caregiver-child interaction during lockdown.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Psychology |
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- -- Psychological aspects, Child development -- Research, Cognition in children -- Research, Cognition in infants -- Research, Language acquisition -- Parent participation, Language acquisition |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Language Development Research |
| Publisher: | Carnegie Mellon University Library Publishing Service |
| Official Date: | 6 February 2022 |
| Dates: | Date Event 6 February 2022 Published 27 January 2022 Accepted |
| Volume: | 2 |
| Number: | 1 |
| Page Range: | pp. 1-36 |
| DOI: | 10.34842/abym-xv34 |
| Status: | Peer Reviewed |
| Publication Status: | Published |
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons open licence) |
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 10 February 2022 |
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 14 February 2022 |
| RIOXX Funder/Project Grant: | Project/Grant ID RIOXX Funder Name Funder ID |
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| URI: | https://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/162683/ |
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