Stages of language development

LANGUAGE COMPETENCE - knowing grammar rules of language

Rule 1: A child needs interaction with others in order to develop language competence

Rule 2: Objects in motion are earlier acquired than motionless objects

Asking questions is learning a child how to make a dialogue (question-answer)

STAGES :

1. Cooing - age of 3 months (first sounds) g,k,o

2. Babbling - 4-9 moths random vocal sounds (deaf children stop speaking at 6)

3. Single words - 12-18 one word - whole sentence (holophrase)

4. Two words - 18-20 months

5. Telegraphic speech - 2-3 years using 2-3 words combination (lacking of prepositions and articles)

6. Early grammar - 3-4 years

QUESTIONS ACQUIRED:

1. Affirmative using intonation

2. Wh-questions, no inversion

3. Invertion

NEGATIVES ACQUIRED:

1. Negative element is put at the beginning or ending

2. Negative refers to a verb (there no squirrel)

3. The auxiliary + not has been acquired, sometimes double negation (No one didn't come)

MOTHERSESE:

This is the language that parents are using to communicate with children

1. Making pauses between the words

2. Making speech slower

3. Some parts of the sentence are specially stressed

4. Making sure the child is focused in the right direction

5. The words are supported by gestures and body language

TABELA STRONA 9

Children choose words that are the easiest from phonological point of view.

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