Chapter 2. From children’s first language development to learning an additional language

Chapter 2
From children’s first language development to learning an additional language

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Article outline

Key issues for understanding child L1 development
- Born to be a social actor
- Infant-directed speech
- Statistical learning
- Joint attention and gestures
- Constructing word meaning
- Increasing expressive abilities in context
- Individual differences
- Simultaneous bilingual development
Implications of children’s L1 oral development for learning additional languages
Written language development among L1 learning children
Differences in reading and writing between children’s L1 and an additional language
Concluding remarks
Additional reading
Preparing for learning and teaching