by: Paul Schmidt
The responses are due on Friday, Sept. 24th, by midnight.
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Are Twins Delayed in Development Language? (Jennifer Ganger)
In this poorly written article that is full of grammar and spelling mistakes, Jennifer Ganger lists a few conclusions of experiments that have all been done prior to her research. The entire article is about twins, more specifically, if twins are delayed in the development of language. Ganger brings up several cases where a certain line could be placed to the ages where twins were delayed compared that of singletons, this age was 2 years old. Any other age that was tested in the numerous studies were found to be a very slim margin for the male twins. But the females on the other hand were of equal stature if not higher than that of their singleton counterpart in that same age group. A lot about what is said in these studies based upon genetics is that the ability to develop language depends a lot upon the weight of the child at birth, this being true with test scores and experiments done by two separate groups in 1986. Also parents have played a role in this debate on how much attention each twin receives and whether or not they are able to get one on one interaction with a parent and just a twin. I have grown up next to a set of twins and from personal experience I can say that there has not been a single moment where either of them seemed to be delayed in the language category, both of whom were in the top 10 of my graduating class. The debate rolls on; do you believe that twins are delayed in developmental language?
I really don't think that it matters if you are born as one or a multiple. It matters more how the people around you talk to you and encourage you. For instance, I was born as a single child but my older brother insisted on talking for me until I was 2, so I didnt learn how to talk until later. My mother however, is a preschool teacher and made sure that by the time I began attending school I was where I should be. My grandmother was a twin and bother her and her sister did very well with developing language, both of them wound up speaking multiple languages. So no I don't believe that twins would be delayed just for being twins.
ReplyDeleteI personally do not think that being born a twin would effect a child's language ability. I believe that it is the surroundings that influence a child's language skills. For example, a child that has parents that work with him or her is most likely going to be further ahead in the language department, then a child that receives no parental help.
ReplyDeleteFrom reading this article, I don't believe that being a twin effects a child's language. Children learn a language from their ethnic background such as family, parents and environment. When parents teach their children the correct ways of speaking, children catch on and genuinely learns how to speak on their own.
ReplyDeleteI agree with everyone else. There is no way I can agree that being a twin has any type of effect on ones language ability. I solely believe that their language ability/intelligence comes from their surroundings and how hard they were pushed during their learning periods (with the exception of genius's born every so often). I feel that children learn from their surroundings, and has nothing to do with their twin.
ReplyDeleteWith the way the study was conducted, there appeared to be flaws in the case. These flaws would cause inaccurate information outcomes and less credibility of the conclusion. While in some cases I do believe that there are disabilities for twins, especially twins that are separated, cases where children aren't schooled the right way may have issues. With social conditioning, and products of the environment, surrounding areas play a major role in twins and singletons development.
ReplyDeleteI believe several factors can have an affect on a childs abilty to speak. Taking into account how the people around the child is engaging him or her into coversations. The people around the child (care givers) have to encourage the child to speak consistenly so the child will become comfortable with speaking.
ReplyDeleteI do not believe that being a twin automatically means that you would have a language deficiency. We all learn from observation. THerefore twins learn language the same as single children learn. The environment is the textbook for children when they are young. Most children repeat their parents and imitate words and speech. If there is a speech delay, then the child has not been encouraged to speak or the parents have never made the child to talk (always giving them what they want without words). So if we are around a good environment with language skills, then we learn quickly.
ReplyDeleteI do not believe if you are born a twin, you will be delayed in developmental language. I believe all children have the ability to learn a language with the proper education. I personally think it is silly to say that being a twin will put you in a category for delaying in developmental language.
ReplyDeleteI do not believe twins have a delay in developmental language. Every person learns, thinks, and perform abilities their own way. Just because you are twins does not mean they are any different from everyone else. People have the potential to do well in any field at their own pace, just as long as they apply themselves and work hard.
ReplyDeleteTwins do not have any developmental language problems. I believe that it is the surroundings that determine if a twin or single child have developmental language problems. I have friends that are twins back at home and they have no sign of developmental language problems at all both receiving above 32's on their ACT.
ReplyDeleteI dont think that twins have an automatic language problem. Nature can only go so far. The other half of the child's development comes from nurture. Being a twin does not mean that you spit the knowledge as well as half of your mother womb.
ReplyDeleteI do not think it matters if you are born a multiple or not. My personal opinion is that you may be a multiple but you still have the ability to succeed. I think the fact the some children are multiples they are always going to be compared. I do not think this is a good thing because it can discourage the children.
ReplyDeleteI don't think twins have problems with language development. I do believe that nature has some affect on learning abilities but nurture has a bigger impact. If a child is exposed to any language they will most likely pick it up. As longs as parents and people around the child speak to them and teach them most children can develop language.
ReplyDeleteI do not believe that twins have a delayed learning. I am an identical twin and can say I never learned slower. I think the main factor is the environment that the child grew up in. Children pick up on language very fast at an early age, around 2 years old or so. As long as the family of the child engages with he/she, there should be no problem with language learning.
ReplyDeleteWell, this is a very interesting communcational analysis. I am a twin myself, and I can say that I have not had a delayed language acceptance, however I have had issues being taught the correct approach to English in my past. I feel like it is easy to base a learning curve off of 2 subjects from the same area, but it would be tough to actually analyze whether or not someone was having a slowed developemental language.
ReplyDeleteI don't really know much about twins but, I don't think that they have a problem with the development of language but like I said, I don't know.It's up to parents and teachers to help them develop the language and it has nothing to do with being a twin in my opinion.
ReplyDeleteI honestly dont think that twins have a delayed learning system. When we were younger we would absorb alot of information, mostly words that we heard from our parents, and would repeat them. It is all about what we were subject to as children that would allow us to learn quicker.
ReplyDeleteI personally don't think being a twin would delay a person's learning system. I don't really believe that that would have much of an impact on a person's ability to learn. I don't have any experience being a twin but I don't see how it would have an impact. I think it is more based on a person's genetics and environment they grow up in. Environment really plays a huge role in the development of a child so that would be much more influential than whether or not a person has a twin.
ReplyDeleteI dont believe that being a twin affects your language development. I think that your environment and genetics play a major role in your development of language.
ReplyDeleteI don't think being a twin has an effect on language acquisition or development. Language development being delayed has little to nothing to do with a person being a twin. Genetics and environment play a much bigger role. If there are any hindrances in language development in twins it shouldn't be attributed to the fact that it occurs simply because they are twins. I don't have any personal experience with twins but I believe that the notion of that causing them to experience delays is difficult to gauge and therefore should be studied more to determine if it really plays a role, although I maintain that I don't believe it does.
ReplyDelete~Justin Jones~
I personally don't believe that twins develop at a slower pace. The important factors are genetics and the how the child is raised. I don't know much about twins but learning at a slow pace has nothing to do with being a twin. Young children just about soak up everything around them, so they pick up whatever is around them.
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