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Small Dutch Talk: babytalk

 Frans Hertoghs

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One often hears adults talk to a baby in baby talk but Dutch language expert Frans Hertoghs says research has shown children learn quicker when we talk normally to them.


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One often hears adults talk to a baby in baby talk but Dutch language expert Frans Hertoghs says research has shown children learn quicker when we talk normally to them.



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