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Study shows screen time is replacing vital language opportunities for toddlers

Toddler sitting in front of a digital tablet. She is watching the screen.

A first-of-its kind study has found that for every minute of screen time toddlers are exposed to at home, they hear fewer adult words, make fewer vocalisations and engage in fewer back-and-forth conversations with their parents.

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New website helps grow Kaurna language

Kaurna website

University of Adelaide researchers have contributed to a new website, a comprehensive, up-to-date one-stop shop for everything about the Kaurna language, the original language of the Adelaide Plains.

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