New Learning Lab study is child's play: UWGB tracks toddlers' language development

[Francis Hult]

Green Bay Press-Gazette

 

New Learning Lab study is child's play 

 

UWGB tracks toddlers' language development 

 

At just about 1½ years old, Liam Gurung is unlocking clues to early childhood development. 

 

By simply playing with a few toy trucks, he contributes to research to determine a toddler's language development, said Jennifer Zapf, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay assistant professor. 

 

"This is not a test of how good are they; it's not like that at all," she said. "We're just interested in what typical developing children look like." 

 

Zapf is conducting a study on the development of a toddler's grammatical growth at the new Language Learning Lab at UW-Green Bay. 

 

The study is conducted on toddlers from age 1½ to 3, Zapf said, to determine what a 2-year-old's grammatical development looks like. 

 

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