Study shows how children learn to talk about characters' thoughts and feelings in stories

Researchers worldwide studied how children learn to describe what story characters think, feel, and see. They collected 5,507 picture stories from 2,763 children aged 3 to 13. The children were from 32 countries and spoke 44 languages, all of whom were typically developing and monolingual or bilingual. The study examined the development of this expressive skill.

An international research effort has examined how children develop the ability to express what story characters think, feel and perceive. Research groups from around the world collected 5,507 picture-based stories from 2,763 typically developing monolingual and bilingual children ages 3 to 13. The children came from 32 countries and spoke 44 languages.

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