Early Language Development
FACULTY OF EDUCATION AND LANGUAGES
JANUARY SEMESTER 2013
HBET1103
INTRODUCTION TO GENERAL LINGUISTICS
CONTENT
1. Introduction: Early Language Development
2. Language-Rich Nurturing Environment in Classroom
3. Factors Affecting Early Language Development
4. Conclusion
5. References
6. Appendix
Introduction: Early Language Development
Language development begins at a very early age in human life. It is a learning process begins from birth. The first cry of the baby begins this incredible language development journey.
There are stages in language development and each stage marks a remarkable development milestones. The following are the stages in language acquisition that has been investigated:
a. Pre-language stage
b. One-word stage
c. Two-word stage & Telegraphic speech
d. Basic Mastery & Continued Acquisition
Pre-language stage: Babies that are from birth until up to 10 months old. They make a great deal of noise from 2 to 6 months old. They squeal, squeak, growl, yell, and begin to coo. Cooing helps babies to produce basic vowel sounds such as oooo and aaaa. Later, babies engage in babbling and add consonant sounds to their sounds from 6 months to about 10 months. Babbling is the first stage of language development (known as the prelinguistic). Such babbling sounds are ba-ba-ba, ma-ma-ma or da-da-da.
One-word stage: Babies that are around the age of 10 to 18 months. Babies proceed to the one-word or holophastic stage of language development. They begin to produce their first real words and they begin to comprehend language. Each word constitutes a sentence all by itself. The word that the babies use consists of different intonation to express the need, either it is a request, a question or a statement. There are certain common words that show up in most children’s early vocabularies The basic words that are used are words for
JANUARY SEMESTER 2013
HBET1103
INTRODUCTION TO GENERAL LINGUISTICS
CONTENT
1. Introduction: Early Language Development
2. Language-Rich Nurturing Environment in Classroom
3. Factors Affecting Early Language Development
4. Conclusion
5. References
6. Appendix
Introduction: Early Language Development
Language development begins at a very early age in human life. It is a learning process begins from birth. The first cry of the baby begins this incredible language development journey.
There are stages in language development and each stage marks a remarkable development milestones. The following are the stages in language acquisition that has been investigated:
a. Pre-language stage
b. One-word stage
c. Two-word stage & Telegraphic speech
d. Basic Mastery & Continued Acquisition
Pre-language stage: Babies that are from birth until up to 10 months old. They make a great deal of noise from 2 to 6 months old. They squeal, squeak, growl, yell, and begin to coo. Cooing helps babies to produce basic vowel sounds such as oooo and aaaa. Later, babies engage in babbling and add consonant sounds to their sounds from 6 months to about 10 months. Babbling is the first stage of language development (known as the prelinguistic). Such babbling sounds are ba-ba-ba, ma-ma-ma or da-da-da.
One-word stage: Babies that are around the age of 10 to 18 months. Babies proceed to the one-word or holophastic stage of language development. They begin to produce their first real words and they begin to comprehend language. Each word constitutes a sentence all by itself. The word that the babies use consists of different intonation to express the need, either it is a request, a question or a statement. There are certain common words that show up in most children’s early vocabularies The basic words that are used are words for