Are you interested in how babies and young children learn language? Would you like to know more about the de-velopment of other communicative behaviors, such as pointing or turn-taking? Or are you curious about how language development proceeds in children with language development disorders?
Then take part in our unique master class “Language research in children: how do you do it?"
Are you in 4/5/6 HAVO or VWO and do you want to know more about how babies and young children learn language and how language research is done? Then take part in our unique master class: “Language research in children: how do you do it?”. The master class is organized from the Baby & Child Research Center by the Language Development Department.
What will you learn?
During this master class, we provide information about language development and doing language research in children. Examples of topics covered are:
- Why do we talk to babies in a special way?
- Do all children learn language the same way?
- Why do children pronounce words differently than adults?
- How do children communicate before they can talk?
In the masterclass you will receive lectures about language development of babies and young children, and about setting up a research project (including formulating a question, conducting research and analyzing data). In between you take a look at the children's language lab to see how we do research.
In the second part of the masterclass you will work in small groups to apply the knowledge you have acquired to your own research. Our researchers look forward to hearing your research ideas and thinking along about any questions you may have. This new information will help you write your profile paper (under the supervision of your own teacher and based on the guidelines of your own school).
This master class is free of charge, for questions please contact Nienke.Rulkens [at] mpi.nl