Language development

Good language development determines the well-being and happiness of young children, not just during their youth but also later in life. You use language to make clear what you want, to communicate with your parents or peers and to understand each other. What causes differences between the language development of individual children?

Our experts

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  dr. C.J. (Corette) Wierenga

  Email: c.j.wierenga@uu.nl

  Phone: 030 253 2659
• Brain development, neurobiology & interaction between genetic and environmental factors
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  prof. dr. Elma Blom

  Email: w.b.t.blom@uu.nl

  Phone: 030 253 1511
• Multilingualism & language development disorders
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  dr. Tessel Boerma

  Email: t.d.boerma@uu.nl

  Phone: 030 253 5713
• Multilingualism & language development disorders
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  prof. dr. Frank Wijnen

  Email: f.n.k.wijnen@uu.nl

  Phone: 030 253 5753
• Multilingualism & language development disorders; language and brain & dyslexia
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  dr. Jacomine Nortier

  Email: j.m.nortier@uu.nl

  Phone: 030 253 6075
• Multilingualism, youth languages, language and identity, NT2 & mixing languages
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  prof. dr. Aoju Chen

  Email: aoju.chen@uu.nl

  Phone: 030 253 5706
• Development of intonation (in a foreign language) & speech in parent-child interaction

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