2. Child and Language Development
Introduction
Language development in children is a
process that starts early in human life, when
a child begins to acquire language by
. learning it as it is spoken and by mimicry
3. Child and Language Development
?What is language
?What is speech
?How do children acquire language
4. Language is a code that we learn
to use in order to communicate
?What is language ideas and express our wants and
needs. Reading, writing,
speaking, and some forms of
. language
Speech is the spoken form of
. language
What is
?speech
Children learn language and
speech by listening to the
language around them and
How do children practicing what they hear. In this
way, they figure out the rules of
acquire the language code. It is not
learned all at once but in stages
?language . over time
5. Children go through a number of different
stages as language
develops, from the
earliest stage of producing cooing sounds
through being able to produce
.complexmulti-word sentences
7. Babbling : 3 - 9 Months
Vocalization with intonation -
Responds to his name-
Responds to human voices without visual-
. cues by turning his head and eyes
Responds appropriately to friendly and -
.
angry tones
8. Single Words : 9-12 Months
Uses one or more words with meaning (this-
( may be a fragment of a word
.
Understands simple instructions,-
especially if vocal or physical cues are
.
given
Practices inflection-
Is aware of the social value of speech-
9. Two Words : 12 - 18 Months
Has vocabulary of approximately 5--
20 words
. ..... .. .
Vocabulary made up chiefly of nouns-
Some echolalia (repeating a word or .
(phrase over and over .
Much jargon with emotional content Is able-
. to follow simple commands
.
10. Multi-word Sentences 24 Months
Can name a number of objects-
Is able to use at least two prepositions-
in, on, under ))
Combines words into a short sentence-
Rhythm and fluency often poor-
Volume and pitch of voice not yet -
well-controlled
Can use two pronouns correctly: -
I, me, you, although me and I are often confused
Responds to such commands as “show me your -
----
(” eyes (nose, - mouth, hair
11. Children : 36 Months
Use pronouns I, you and me correctly-
using some plurals and past tenses-
Handles three word sentences easily-
Understands most simple -
questions dealing with his I want to
environment and activities sleep
Able to reason out such -
questions as “what must you do when you are
?”sleepy, hungry, cool, or thirsty
Should be able to give his sex, name, age-
12. Children : 48 Months
Red
Knows names of familiar animals-
Blue
Names common objects in picture -
green
books or magazines
Knows one or more colors-
Can repeat 4 digits when they are given slowly-
Can usually repeat words of four syllables-
Demonstrates understanding of over and under
Understands such concepts as longer, larger, -
when a contrast is presented
Readily follows simple commands even thought -
the stimulus objects are not in sight
Much repetition of words, phrases, syllables, and -
even sounds
13. Children 3 years
Can use many descriptive words- .
Knows common opposites: big-little, hard-soft, heave-- ....
,light
Can count to ten- .
Should have all vowels and the consonants,-
m,p,b,k,g,td,n,g,y
Should be able to repeat sentences as long as nine words -
Should be able to define common objects -
( in terms of use hat, shoe, chair
Should be able to follow three commands -
given without interruptions
Should know his age-
Should have simple time concepts: morning, afternoon,-
night, . day, later, after ,Tomorrow, yesterday, today
Should be using fairly long sentences and should use some -
14. Children : 6 Years
In addition to the above consonants these -
.should be mastered: f, v, sh, zh, th
Should have concepts of 7 words-
Speech should be completely -
intelligible and socially useful
Should be able to tell one a rather -
connected story about a picture, seeing
relationships between objects and
happenings
15. Conclusion
As children age, they continue to learn more
new words every day. By the time they enter
school around the age of five, children
typically have a vocabulary of 10,000 words
.or more
