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‫In this Alt's vocabulary lesson, we're going to look at some key language in vocabulary for the common

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‫topic of childhood.

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‫It's a language that you might read or hear, but it's also language that you can use in the speaking

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‫and writing sections of the text.

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‫So let's take a look at these eight key phrases for the topic of childhood.

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‫Infant.

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‫Adolescence.

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‫Toddler, independent, sibling, upbringing, youth and adopt.

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‫So these are eight quite high level pieces of vocabulary around the topic of childhood.

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‫Let's look at our first piece of vocabulary, which is infant.

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‫And here it is.

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‫Infant and infant is a very young child, probably between the age of one to four.

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‫As an infant, I was very cheeky, my parents said I was quite naughty.

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‫So that is a quick example of infant in use.

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‫And I've highlighted this word cheeky.

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‫It's an adjective to describe usually a child that is a little bit naughty.

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‫I remember my time at infant school very clearly, it was a special time in my life, so we can also

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‫have an infant school, which is usually, again, for very young children in the early years of their

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‫lives.

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‫OK, infant.

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‫And we have a sibling, a really great word to discuss or describe whether you have a brother or a sister,

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‫a sibling.

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‫I have one sibling, a brother called Simon, who is two years younger than me.

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‫I think it's great for children to have at least one sibling to play with and grow old together.

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‫So this extra phrase Grow Old is a common collocation to talk about getting older.

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‫We grew old together or I am growing old.

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‫OK, sibling.

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‫So that is a word to discuss or describe a brother or a sister or a sibling.

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‫And here we have the word adolescence, it's a time in your life when you are still very young.

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‫And here we have in my adolescence, I was afraid of nothing.

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‫As I grew older, I became more careful.

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‫And the next example, children develop rapidly during their adolescence.

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‫Very similar words to sort of infant or childhood, but it's a slightly more advanced way to describe

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‫childhood, adolescence.

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‫Upbringing.

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‫So when you talk about somebodies upbringing, you were talking about how their parents raised them,

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‫for example, if a child didn't have a very good upbringing, they might have had a challenging childhood

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‫with less support from their family.

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‫Let's look at some examples.

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‫James had a great upbringing.

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‫His family cared for him very much.

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‫So in this example, James was looked after very well.

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‫His parents cared for him.

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‫He had a great upbringing.

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‫A good upbringing should give lots of love and support to a child.

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‫OK, there we have some examples for upbringing.

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‫And our next piece of vocabulary for childhood is toddler.

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‫Another way to describe a very young child and usually toddler is reserved for children who are just

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‫starting to try and walk or crawl or move around.

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‫They're not quite as still as they once were as very small babies, toddlers.

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‫My friend's baby is still a toddler.

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‫She's just started to crawl so that we have a very small baby that is just beginning to move and crawl

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‫independently.

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‫The balloon park was packed with toddlers, there's a collection of very small babies, and I'm sure

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‫that would be noisy.

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‫OK, our next piece of vocabulary is youth.

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‫So you can use this to describe a child.

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‫You can call them a youth.

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‫It's a noun.

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‫There are many youths that hang around the town center.

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‫It's quite intimidating, intimidating or scary.

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‫So there's lots of youth that are hanging around and it's quite scary.

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‫As a youth, I played many sports and even won a few trophies.

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‫This is actually quite a common phrase as a youth, it's often used to begin talking about your childhood

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‫so you could try it, too, as a youth.

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‫I used to play lots of sports as a youth.

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‫Next up, we have independent, which means doing something on your own.

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‫I didn't really become independent until I was around 13 years old.

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‫Children these days are much more independent than before.

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‫And finally, we have a dot, which means often parents will, if they can't have children biologically

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‫of their own, they will adopt or take care of a baby, usually from a young age.

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‫When I was two years old, my parents adopted my sister, who was still a tiny baby.

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‫When I'm older, I would like to adopt a baby, as I think it's a great thing to do.

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‫OK, so there is some key vocabulary for the topic of childhood.

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‫Try and use it in your own speaking and writing.

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‫And if it's used well, I'm sure it will help you to score extra marks.