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Krcmar, Marina. "Learning Language From Television: Toddlers, Teletubbies and Attention" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Sheraton New York, New York City, NY, <Not Available>. 2009-05-25 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p11880_index.html>

Krcmar, M. "Learning Language From Television: Toddlers, Teletubbies and Attention" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Sheraton New York, New York City, NY Online <PDF>. 2009-05-25 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p11880_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: This study was inspired by the rise in television targeting toddlers and even preverbal infants (e.g., Teletubbies, Baby Mozart). We wanted to know if very young children who are in the early stages of language acquisition learn vocabulary quickly (fast map) from programs such as Teletubbies. Using a fast mapping paradigm, this study examined a group (n= 48) of toddlers (15-24 months) and their ability to learn novel words. Utilizing a repeated measures design, we compared children’s ability to learn various novel words in 5 different conditions. These included the presentation and identification of a novel word by: an adult speaker via live presentation when the toddler was attending (i.e., joint reference), an adult via live presentation when the toddler was not attending, an adult speaker on television, and via an edited clip from Teletubbies. Overall, the toddlers were most successful in learning novel words in a joint reference condition. They were significantly less successful in the teletubbies condition. Furthermore, there was a significant interaction between age and condition on children’s performance. Both younger (15-21 months) and older (22-24 months) toddlers identified the target objects when they received the information from an adult speaker; however, it appeared that children under the age of 22 months did not identify the target item when they received the information from Teletubbies.

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