In the context of research by Klee & Stokes in 2011, which of the following sentences is true about receptive vocabulary and expressive vocabulary?
A) Children's receptive vocabulary development outpaces their expressive vocabulary development.
B) Children's receptive vocabulary develops only after their expressive vocabulary is completely developed.
C) Children's receptive vocabulary is equal to their expressive vocabulary at any given time.
D) Children's receptive vocabulary is lost if proper reinforcement is not provided, whereas expressive vocabulary is permanent.

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Klee & Stokes found that children's receptive vocabulary (the words they understand) develops faster than their expressive vocabulary (the words they use). This means that children are able to understand more words than they are able to use in their own speech.

In the Context of Research by Klee & Stokes in 2011