USC Language Development Lab

04/21/2024

Today we are at LA Times Festival of Books!📚🎉 Sign up with the link in bio for our fun and short studies for infants and toddlers!🧸

01/10/2024

Los bebés y los niños pequeños son increíblemente inteligentes cuando se trata de aprender un idioma. Aquí en Language Development Lab University of Southern California, estamos realizando estudios de investigación EN LÍNEA para comprobar cómo aprenden tanto, tan rápido. Actualmente buscamos familias con bebés de 12 meses o menos para participar en nuestros estudios. La mayoría de nuestros estudios son cortos y duran menos de 20-30 minutos. ¡Se puede participar en línea a través de Zoom desde su casa! Durante los estudios, su hijo mirará algunos videos cortos en su laptop o computadora, y sus reacciones serán grabarán. Recibirá una tarjeta de regalo de Amazon de $15 por la participación de su hijo. Su participación es totalmente voluntaria y puede cancelar su participación en cualquier momento.

Puede registrarse y conocer más sobre nuestra investigación en:
https://dornsife.usc.edu/langdevlab/participar/

También puede obtener más información dejándonos un mensaje o enviándonos un correo electrónico a [email protected]. ¡GRACIAS!

01/10/2024

Infants and young children are amazingly clever when it comes to learning a language. Here at the Language Development Lab at the University of Southern California, we are conducting IN-PERSON and ONLINE research studies to see how they learn so much so quickly!

We are currently looking for families with 0- to 48-month-old children to participate in our studies. You can sign up at:
https://dornsife.usc.edu/langdevlab/participate/

Our in-person studies are running on the USC University Park Campus, and we will provide a free parking day pass for your visit and a small gift as a token of our appreciation. Our online studies are running through Zoom, where you can participate from the comfort of your home! During the study, your child would watch some video clips for approximately 5-10 minutes, and their reactions will be recorded. You would be with your child at all times. At the end of the study, you will receive a $15 Amazon gift card as a token of our appreciation. Your participation is entirely voluntary, and you can terminate your participation at any time.
You can find out more about our research at: https://dornsife.usc.edu/langdevlab/

You can also find out more information by leaving us a message or by emailing us at [email protected]. THANK YOU!!!!

08/28/2023

Infants and young children are amazingly clever when it comes to learning a language. Here at the Language Development Lab at the University of Southern California, we are conducting IN-PERSON and ONLINE research studies to see how they learn so much so quickly!

We are currently looking for families with 0- to 48-month-old children to participate in our studies. You can sign up at:
https://dornsife.usc.edu/labs/langdevlab/participate/

Our in-person studies are running on the USC University Park Campus, and we will provide a free parking day pass for your visit and a small gift as a token of our appreciation. Our online studies are running through Zoom, where you can participate from the comfort of your home! During the study, your child would watch some video clips for approximately 5-10 minutes, and their reactions will be recorded. You would be with your child at all times. At the end of the study, you will receive a $15 Amazon gift card as a token of our appreciation. Your participation is entirely voluntary, and you can terminate your participation at any time.

You can find out more about our research at: https://dornsife.usc.edu/labs/langdevlab/

You can also find out more information by leaving us a message or by emailing us at [email protected]. THANK YOU!!!!

We now have both in-person and online studies that you can participate in with your child! If you are interested in participating in these studies, please . This will let us reach out when your child is in the age range for one of our ongoing studies. If you need assistance, please email langdev@us...

08/08/2023

Los bebés y los niños pequeños son increíblemente inteligentes cuando se trata de aprender un idioma. Aquí en Language Development Lab University of Southern California, estamos realizando estudios de investigación EN LÍNEA para comprobar cómo aprenden tanto, tan rápido. Actualmente buscamos familias con bebés de 12 meses o menos para participar en nuestros estudios. La mayoría de nuestros estudios son cortos y duran menos de 20-30 minutos. ¡Se puede participar en línea a través de Zoom desde su casa! Durante los estudios, su hijo mirará algunos videos cortos en su laptop o computadora, y sus reacciones serán grabarán. Recibirá una tarjeta de regalo de Amazon de $15 por la participación de su hijo. Su participación es totalmente voluntaria y puede cancelar su participación en cualquier momento.

Puede registrarse y conocer más sobre nuestra investigación en:
https://dornsife.usc.edu/labs/langdevlab/participar/

También puede obtener más información dejándonos un mensaje o enviándonos un correo electrónico a [email protected]. ¡GRACIAS!

¡Ahora tenemos estudios en línea en los que puede participar con su hijo en su casa! Si está interesado en participar en estos estudios, por favor . Esto nos permitirá comunicarle cuando su hijo esté en el rango de edad para uno de nuestros estudios en curso. Envíenos un correo a langdev@usc...

04/23/2023

We’re here at the LA Times Festival of Books! Come visit and support the USC Language Development Lab. We’re near the food trucks outside of Annenberg Hall.

02/13/2023

Infants and young children are amazingly clever when it comes to learning a language. Here at the Language Development Lab at the University of Southern California, we are conducting IN-PERSON and ONLINE research studies to see how they learn so much so quickly!

We are currently looking for families with 0- to 48-month-old children to participate in our studies. You can sign up at:
https://dornsife.usc.edu/labs/langdevlab/participate/

Our in-person studies are running on the USC University Park Campus, and we will provide a free parking day pass for your visit. Our online studies are running through Zoom, where you can participate from the comfort of your home! During the study, your child would watch some video clips for approximately 5-10 minutes, and their reactions will be recorded. You would be with your child at all times. At the end of the study, your child would also receive a small gift as a token of our appreciation. Your participation is entirely voluntary, and you can terminate your participation at any time. You can find out more about our research at: https://dornsife.usc.edu/labs/langdevlab/

You can also find out more information by leaving us a message or by emailing us at [email protected]. THANK YOU!!!!

11/04/2022

Have you ever wondered why babies babble seemingly meaninglessly? Well, experts say that this baby talk is actually crucial for infant language development for many reasons. Read more here:

Babbling adorable nonsense words actually serves an important purpose. Here's why baby babbles and how to use it to encourage language development.

10/28/2022

Los bebés y los niños pequeños son increíblemente inteligentes cuando se trata de aprender un idioma. Aquí en Language Development Lab University of Southern California, estamos realizando estudios de investigación EN LÍNEA para comprobar cómo aprenden tanto, tan rápido. Actualmente buscamos familias con bebés de 12 meses o menos para participar en nuestros estudios. La mayoría de nuestros estudios son cortos y duran menos de 30 minutos. ¡Se puede participar en línea a través de Zoom desde su casa! Durante los estudios, su hijo mirará algunos videos cortos en su laptop o computadora, y sus reacciones serán grabarán. Si usted y su hijo participan en nuestros estudios, les daremos un pequeño regalo como muestra de aprecio. Su participación es totalmente voluntaria y puede cancelar su participación en cualquier momento.

Puede registrarse y conocer más sobre nuestra investigación en:
https://dornsife.usc.edu/labs/langdevlab/participate/

También puede obtener más información dejándonos un mensaje o enviándonos un correo electrónico a [email protected]. ¡GRACIAS!

10/21/2022

Research shows that young children whose parents read them five books a day enter kindergarten having heard about 1.4 million words in total. To estimate how many words your child may have heard by the age of five, check out this article:

New research shows the difference between reading to kids at home and not is more than a million words by kindergarten.

09/30/2022

Research has found that there is more to nursery rhymes and children's songs than their calming effects: they also teach babies language patterns! To read more about the study, check out this article:

According to research, babies are sensitive to the language patterns in songs and rhymes.