An international book by a Charles Sturt University (CSU) academic about how children learn to speak will be launched on Thursday 26 April. Associate Professor Sharynne McLeod’s new International Guide to Speech Acquisition lists the components and phonetics of twelve English dialects and 26 other languages, making it the most comprehensive text of its kind. “The International Guide to Speech Acquisition describes the process by which children learn different dialects and different languages. Some of the information has never been translated into English before. If an English-speaking child has a Norwegian mother and a Filipino father, and they are having difficulty in all three languages, this guide can assist the speech pathologist or teacher to help the child.”