Social cues are one way young children determine that a situation is pedagogical in nature—
containing information to be learned and generalized. However, some social cues (eg,
contingent gaze and responsiveness) are missing from prerecorded video, a potential
reason why toddlers' language learning from video can be inefficient compared with their
learning directly from a person. This study explored two methods for supporting children's
word learning from video by adding social-communicative cues. A sample of 88 30-month …