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: Feijoo, Sara, Amadó Codony, Anna, Sidera, Francesc, Aguilar-Mediavilla, Eva, Serrat, Elisabet
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Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:2023
País:España
Recursos:Universitat de Lleida (UdL)
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Palavra-chave:Language acquisition
Expressive vocabulary
Parental questionnaires
Pandemic
Child development
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spelling Language acquisition in a post-pandemic context: the impact of measures against COVID-19 on early language developmentFeijoo, SaraAmadó Codony, AnnaSidera, FrancescAguilar-Mediavilla, EvaSerrat, ElisabetLanguage acquisitionExpressive vocabularyParental questionnairesPandemicChild 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 MacArthurBates 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.This work was supported by grant 2021 SGR 00303 from the Department of Research and Universities of the Government of Catalonia.Frontiers Media2023info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttps://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1205294https://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/463888reponame:Repositori Obert UdL instname:Universitat de Lleida (UdL)InglésReproducció del document publicat a https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1205294Frontiers in Psychology, 2023, vol. 14, 1205294cc-by (c) Amadó Feijoo et al., 2023Attribution 4.0 Internationalinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/oai:repositori.udl.cat:10459.1/4638882026-06-24T12:42:17Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Language acquisition in a post-pandemic context: the impact of measures against COVID-19 on early language development
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
Feijoo, Sara
Language acquisition
Expressive vocabulary
Parental questionnaires
Pandemic
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 Feijoo, Sara
Amadó Codony, Anna
Sidera, Francesc
Aguilar-Mediavilla, Eva
Serrat, Elisabet
author Feijoo, Sara
author_facet Feijoo, Sara
Amadó Codony, Anna
Sidera, Francesc
Aguilar-Mediavilla, Eva
Serrat, Elisabet
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author2 Amadó Codony, Anna
Sidera, Francesc
Aguilar-Mediavilla, Eva
Serrat, Elisabet
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author
author
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Language acquisition
Expressive vocabulary
Parental questionnaires
Pandemic
Child development
topic Language acquisition
Expressive vocabulary
Parental questionnaires
Pandemic
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 MacArthurBates 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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