Language acquisition in a post-pandemic context: the impact of measures against COVID-19 on early language development

Language acquisition is influenced by the quality and quantity of input that language learners receive. In particular, early language development has been said to rely on the acoustic speech stream, as well as on language-related visual information, such as the cues provided by the mouth of interloc...

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Autores: Feijóo Antolín, Sara, Amadó, Anna, Sidera, Francesc, Aguilar-Mediavilla, Eva María, Serrat Sellabona, Elisabet
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Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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Palabra clave:Adquisició del llenguatge
Desenvolupament infantil
Language acquisition
Child development
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spelling Language acquisition in a post-pandemic context: the impact of measures against COVID-19 on early language developmentFeijóo Antolín, SaraAmadó, AnnaSidera, FrancescAguilar-Mediavilla, Eva MaríaSerrat Sellabona, ElisabetAdquisició del llenguatgeDesenvolupament infantilLanguage acquisitionChild developmentLanguage acquisition is influenced by the quality and quantity of input that language learners receive. In particular, early language development has been said to rely on the acoustic speech stream, as well as on language-related visual information, such as the cues provided by the mouth of interlocutors. Furthermore, children's expressive language skills are also influenced by the variability of interlocutors that provided the input. The COVID-19 pandemic has offered an unprecedented opportunity to explore the way these input factors affect language development. On the one hand, the pervasive use of masks diminishes the quality of speech, while it also reduces visual cues to language. On the other hand, lockdowns and restrictions regarding social gatherings have considerably limited the amount of interlocutor variability in children's input. The present study aims at analyzing the effects of the pandemic measures against COVID-19 on early language development. To this end, 41 children born in 2019 and 2020 were compared with 41 children born before 2012 using the Catalan adaptation of the MacArthur Bates Communicative Development Inventories (MB-CDIs). Results do not show significant differences in vocabulary between pre- and post-Covid children, although there is a tendency for children with lower vocabulary levels to be in the post-Covid group. Furthermore, a relationship was found between interlocutor variability and participants' vocabulary, indicating that those participants with fewer opportunities for socio-communicative diversity showed lower expressive vocabulary scores. These results reinforce other recent findings regarding input factors and their impact on early language learning.Frontiers Media2024202420232024info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion6 p.application/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/208510Articles publicats en revistes (Llengües i Literatures Modernes i Estudis Anglesos)reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésReproducció del document publicat a:Frontiers in Psychology, 2023, vol. 14, p. 1-6cc-by (c) Feijóo Antolín, Sara et al., 2023http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:2445/2085102026-05-29T05:05:01Z
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title Language acquisition in a post-pandemic context: the impact of measures against COVID-19 on early language development
spellingShingle Language acquisition in a post-pandemic context: the impact of measures against COVID-19 on early language development
Feijóo Antolín, Sara
Adquisició del llenguatge
Desenvolupament infantil
Language acquisition
Child development
title_short Language acquisition in a post-pandemic context: the impact of measures against COVID-19 on early language development
title_full Language acquisition in a post-pandemic context: the impact of measures against COVID-19 on early language development
title_fullStr Language acquisition in a post-pandemic context: the impact of measures against COVID-19 on early language development
title_full_unstemmed Language acquisition in a post-pandemic context: the impact of measures against COVID-19 on early language development
title_sort Language acquisition in a post-pandemic context: the impact of measures against COVID-19 on early language development
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Feijóo Antolín, Sara
Amadó, Anna
Sidera, Francesc
Aguilar-Mediavilla, Eva María
Serrat Sellabona, Elisabet
author Feijóo Antolín, Sara
author_facet Feijóo Antolín, Sara
Amadó, Anna
Sidera, Francesc
Aguilar-Mediavilla, Eva María
Serrat Sellabona, Elisabet
author_role author
author2 Amadó, Anna
Sidera, Francesc
Aguilar-Mediavilla, Eva María
Serrat Sellabona, Elisabet
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author
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Adquisició del llenguatge
Desenvolupament infantil
Language acquisition
Child development
topic Adquisició del llenguatge
Desenvolupament infantil
Language acquisition
Child development
description Language acquisition is influenced by the quality and quantity of input that language learners receive. In particular, early language development has been said to rely on the acoustic speech stream, as well as on language-related visual information, such as the cues provided by the mouth of interlocutors. Furthermore, children's expressive language skills are also influenced by the variability of interlocutors that provided the input. The COVID-19 pandemic has offered an unprecedented opportunity to explore the way these input factors affect language development. On the one hand, the pervasive use of masks diminishes the quality of speech, while it also reduces visual cues to language. On the other hand, lockdowns and restrictions regarding social gatherings have considerably limited the amount of interlocutor variability in children's input. The present study aims at analyzing the effects of the pandemic measures against COVID-19 on early language development. To this end, 41 children born in 2019 and 2020 were compared with 41 children born before 2012 using the Catalan adaptation of the MacArthur Bates Communicative Development Inventories (MB-CDIs). Results do not show significant differences in vocabulary between pre- and post-Covid children, although there is a tendency for children with lower vocabulary levels to be in the post-Covid group. Furthermore, a relationship was found between interlocutor variability and participants' vocabulary, indicating that those participants with fewer opportunities for socio-communicative diversity showed lower expressive vocabulary scores. These results reinforce other recent findings regarding input factors and their impact on early language learning.
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