Pace of early language development

[isa barriere]

To follow up on Margaret's comments.  My cousin who works in the publication
of literature for children and young teenagers in France tells me more books
are sold per head than ever...
Isabelle Barriere

On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 3:59 PM, Margaret Fleck <margaretmfleck at yahoo.com>wrote:

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> --- On *Thu, 8/13/09, Philip Dale <dalep at unm.edu>* wrote:
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>   ... Given the diminished role of literacy in children's lives - a
> demonstrable fact - this could be a real change. ...
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>  Ok.    That's a claim that's crying out for backup.    They don't spend
> as
> much time curled up with physical books, but a lot of the "non-reading"
> time is spent playing computer games.   Those require a strikingly
> large amount of reading, especially if you look at what kids actually
> play rather than the fanciful age labels attached by computer game
> manufacturers.
>
> Margaret Fleck
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