Mélanie Söderström|Kelsey Wittebolle
When Do Caregivers Talk? The Influences of Activity and Time of Day on Caregiver Speech and Child Vocalizations in Two Childcare Environments
University of Manitoba|University of Manitoba
importance language environment influencing language outcomes well known studies addressed contextual factors influence amount speech heard vocalizations produced young child naturalistic conditions analyze effects type activity engaged child time day quantitative measures language environment found effects activity time day structured activities generated highest levels adult language necessarily child vocalizations home daycare environments looked overall similar measures however important differences across two environments respect specific effects activity time day