M: What's the article mainly about?
W: It's about Dr. Catani's research. It says that the iPad generation 61 (lose) out on vocabulary.
M: Nowadays children have access 62 the Internet, mobile phone and tablet computers, 63 are visual rather than auditory. 64 means children learn vocabulary from on-screen image 65 not from everyday conversation.
W: Yes. Dr. Catani said: “When we learn a new word, we start by hearing a sound, and then we try to repeat it until we get it right. Through this we increase our vocabulary from age one 66 we get to 30,000 words as an adult.
M: That means these findings show that listening, repetition and conversation 67 (matter) a lot to learning language.
W: Yes. Hearing and then 68 (verbal) imitating is key to understanding.
M: Since we know how children learn new words, they are likely to have 69 (little) vocabulary than the previous generation.
W: So we should spend less time on these devices and talk more to our children to maintain 70 oral tradition of passing on knowledge to our children.
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