Discuss some of the ways in which language growth in young children can be enhanced by adults.

Answers will vary. Studies show that language growth in young children is enhanced when adults:
• Use "Motherese" (technically termed infant-directed speech).
• Use questions that engage the child in conversation.
• Respond to the child's expressive language efforts in a way that is "attuned"; for example, adults relate their speech to the child's utterance by saying "Yes, your doll is pretty" in response to the child's statement "My doll."
• Join the child in paying attention to a particular activity or toy.
• Gesture to help the child understand what they are saying.
• Describe aspects of the environment occupying the infant's current focus of attention.
• Read to the child.
• Talk to the child a great deal.