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Elklan. Speech and Language Support for 3-5s%u00a9 Elklan Training Limited 2023 66S44.2.0 PROMOTING THE UNDERSTANDING AND USE OF NEW VOCABULARY4.2.1 Typical language development (Slide 83)%u2022 Show language development poster slide.%u2022 Use this to explain how an increased vocabulary enables a child to form sentences. 4.2.2 How many words do children learn?(ELB. 37, Slide 84)%u2022 Templin (1957) estimated that children of 6 years have a vocabulary of 14,000 words.%u2022 Carey (1978) suggested that, based on these numbers, children between 18 months and 6 years old would have to learn 8 new words a day.%u2022 If we split the responsibility of word learning between home and school perhaps children need to learn about 5 words everyday in their setting. Ask learners - do they think they are achieving this?!