Regarding human language development, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Although all children experience the same stages of language development, there is a great variety in the ordering of the stages, as well as the ages at which the stages occur, depending on the culture.
b. Children naturally acquire language by listening to the speech of others, long before they learn rules
of grammar as part of their formal education.
c. By about 2.5 years of age, the average child speaks in full sentences and has a vocabulary over 500 words. d. Scientists are now beginning to locate genes involved in the development of brain mechanisms responsiblefor language and speech.
e. Parents can help children develop language skills by talking and reading to them frequently, as well as by demonstrating proper language use and rewarding children for imitating it.
a
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