Children’s language skills

Children’s language ability

Regarding children’s language ability, some parents often have this question: Why are other people’s babies eloquent, but my baby always doesn’t like to talk? What? By the time a baby is about three years old, the development of his language and hearing systems is relatively complete. Let’s take a look at the child’s language ability. Children's language ability 1

When does the baby start talking? Babies learn to speak in their first two years of life. At first, he will make sounds using his tongue, lips, palate, and any new teeth. The first month or two will be ohs and ahs, and soon after, he will be babbling. These sounds will soon become real words, and your baby may be able to say mom and dad as early as four or five months old, bringing tears to your eyes. From that point on, your baby will learn more words from you, your husband, and everyone around him. Between the ages of one and two, he will begin speaking in sentences of two or three words.

How does a baby learn to speak? The baby's crying when he is born represents his first entry into the world of language. This is his way of expressing the shock of emerging from the confines of the womb into a new and unfamiliar world. From that point on, he began to absorb the sounds, intonations, and vocabulary that would form the way he would later speak. Speaking and listening are inseparable. By listening to people talk, babies learn how to pronounce words and how to form sentences. In fact, many researchers believe that the work of understanding language begins while a baby is still in the womb. As your unborn baby gets used to hearing your steady heartbeat, he will begin to listen to your voice. Within a few days of birth, he will be able to distinguish your voice from other people's voices.

So what are the symptoms of delayed language development?

1. Speech delay. The age of children's speech development may vary among individuals. Generally, those who are 2 years old and still cannot speak any language are classified as delayed speech. Hearing impairment is a common cause, which may be related to brain underdevelopment, mental retardation, brain trauma, etc. In mild cases, the expression ability is lower than that of children of the same age, or the vocabulary used is not suitable for their age. When the condition is severe, the sick child cannot speak.

2. Difficulty in phonation is often caused by central motor nerve dysfunction or peripheral muscle disease, such as syringomyelia and myasthenia gravis, which causes spasm, paralysis, or paralysis of the muscles of the tongue, soft palate and other speech organs. * Economic disorders cause disease. The speech is slow, labored, and slurred, but there are no defects in sentence structure.

3. Language difficulties often occur in cerebrovascular accidents, craniocerebral trauma, sequelae of encephalitis and other diseases, and are clinically characterized by defects in speech expression or receptive ability. The former is manifested by the inability to express one's wishes with words or sentences, while the latter is often manifested by the inability to understand other people's words. Patients are often accompanied by symptoms such as loss of orientation, swallowing disorders, and incontinence of urine and feces.

4. Aphasia is a speech dysfunction caused by brain lesions. Brain abscess, cerebral thrombosis, brain tumor and other lesions can cause aphasia if they invade the speech center of the temporal lobe of the brain. In motor aphasia, there is an expression disorder. The person cannot say what he wants to say and uses gestures to express his wishes, but there is no difficulty in speaking. Sensory aphasia is a disorder of understanding and the inability to remember relevant words and vocabulary, but the ability to speak is normal.

5. Difficulty in forming speech. Due to cleft palate, enlarged tongue, short tongue tie, poor bite and other reasons, the speech is unclear and the enunciation is inaccurate. Nervous system diseases, hearing impairment, bad vocal habits, etc. can also cause disease. In mild cases, only certain words cannot be read accurately, such as dyslexia and retroflex articulation, which generally does not affect speech intelligibility. In severe cases, the pronunciation of many words is unclear and the words spoken are difficult to understand.

6. Stuttering is an abnormal speech rhythm, which mostly occurs during the speech development period of children. The cause is unknown, but may be related to factors such as incoordination of the brain's control of speech organs, incorrect imitation, and genetics. It often manifests as difficulty in pronouncing the first word, interrupted sentences or repeated words, resulting in unfluent speech. Those with more severe illness are accompanied by frowning, facial muscle twitching, swinging arms and other phenomena when speaking. They are often nervous when speaking, which are early symptoms of mental retardation.

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What are the main indicators of language ability development?

Within 1 month: A baby 1 week old is in the initial stage of vocalization. At this time, the baby will make two sounds, one is crying and the other is whispering, such as a sound. After 1 week, the baby starts to like hearing mom and dad talking to him and starts talking to people. He will make a babbling sound when talking to him and can recognize his mother's voice.

2 months: The main feature of this stage is reflex pronunciation, which will produce three or more sounds a, o, e". The pronunciation at this stage is partly determined by the physiological structure of the baby's vocal tract.

3-4 months: At 3 months, the baby begins to make some comfortable sounds, such as laughter, and can make sounds similar to vowels loudly, such as ou, h, k, ai, sometimes screaming loudly. At this stage, 4-month-old babies like to talk to adults and can talk to themselves, babbling. It can shout and whisper, laugh loudly, make steady crying sounds, and can imitate musical tones.

5-6 months: When an adult calls his name in front of the baby, he will look at the adult and smile; when familiar people or toys are in front of him, he will look at people and toys. "Talk"; when the baby is happy, let him follow the adult to pronounce "baba" and "mama" to imitate the pronunciation. When he hears the mother's voice, he will turn his head to the mother. Although the baby's voice is not yet a mature language, the baby can obviously control it better. In addition to responding to differences in tone and volume, the baby also responds to words of blame.

7-8 months: At this time, the baby is likely to be able to say one or two words of papa. "mama", the baby's language development has entered a sensitive period, and he can already pronounce relatively clear syllables. At this stage, the baby's vocalizations have increased significantly, and his ability to understand adult language has also been enhanced, and he has slowly begun to understand the meaning of language. Recognize objects. He can turn his head when his name is called. He can distinguish his mother's voice from other people's voices. He can distinguish the different tones of adults and can better understand words he is familiar with, such as "Baby is good" and so on.

9-10 months: At this stage, the baby can not only understand the words you often say, but also can answer your questions in simple language and clearer vocalizations.

At this time, the baby can take the initiative to call mother, and also likes to imitate people's sounds; can repeat a word repeatedly; understands the orders of parents, and will comply with things that ask him not to do Do what your parents ask you to do. Observe whether the baby will take the initiative to call his mother, occasionally shake his head to say "no" or wave his hands to say "goodbye", and follow the orders of his parents.

11-12 months: When the baby starts talking, he will talk non-stop, and he also likes to imitate the way adults speak and the correct way of speaking. When answering questions, try to answer with words. If he encounters something he can't speak, he will use actions to answer the question. I began to distinguish the meanings of different words and also began to learn to form sentences.

Able to respond to simple language requests. With correct education, 12-month-old children can say 5-10 simple words such as "dad, mom, aunt, milk, hug", etc., often using Express your thoughts and emotions with one or two words. You can observe whether the baby shakes his head when saying "no" and uses movements to assist language. Will he utter some exclamations and often imitate his parents' pronunciation?

2 years old: The baby’s language ability begins to develop from single and double words to complete sentences. Due to incomplete articulation organs, there will be many phonetic errors; simply retell short stories told to him by adults; after practice, he can Recite children's songs or short poems. In the early stage, you will be able to pronounce "car" as "qiqi" or "车车", use d and t to replace g and k, and assimilate "come here quickly, father-in-law" into "lao bangbengpaisaipai", etc.; be able to recite 5~7 A children's song or short poem.

3-4 years old: Around 3 years old, the baby's vocabulary reaches more than 200 words, and he can use polite words to have complete conversations with adults and express his own thoughts.

The content of the speech begins to be rich, the baby can fully describe events, can use polite expressions, and has a certain understanding of language. He can deliberately repeat some words that he thinks are interesting to make him laugh. At this stage, the baby starts to love talking. Some of the stories can also vividly tell interesting plots; imitate the words and tone used by adults and apply them in their own interactions, so parents should pay special attention to their usual tone of words.

When the child is in a good mood, let the child tell his parents about the interesting things that happened in the kindergarten today. He will describe it vividly, and a few children can even add their own comments.

5-6 years old: Like listening to stories, jokes, and reading stories. Based on appreciating literary works, they can initially summarize the theme, such as what a story means; have relatively mature grammar. Knowledge, you can ask about the meaning of abstract words and try to use them, and you can use language to describe past and future events; you can also correct others when they make grammatical mistakes. For example, when someone says he doesn’t know, he will say he should say don’t know. You Wrong! Children's language ability 3

Characteristics of baby's language development at various stages

1. 0-2 months

Development characteristics

1. Easy sensitive. Pay attention to all the sounds around you and look at the person speaking for a long time.

2. Love communication. When he was about half a month old, he longed to talk to his mother. He began to hum and use different cries to tell his mother different needs.

3. Discrimination and response. By the time he is 2 months old, he can basically distinguish his mother's voice and make sounds in response.

Cultivation methods

1. More communication. When talking to your baby, your expression can be slightly exaggerated to encourage him to speak out.

2. Experience more. The baby's language may be difficult to understand, but mother and child are connected, so calm down and slowly understand it, and remember that every sound must be responded to.

3. Eye contact. Language communication is still relatively difficult during this period, so insist on eye contact and often face the baby to let him feel your love for him.

2. 2-6 months

Development characteristics

1. Vowels and consonants. You will find that after your baby can laugh, he will make sounds like a, o, and e from time to time. When you are unhappy, you will hear the sounds n, m, and p. When you are happy, you will also hear the sound k mixed in. You will also "talk" to your mother coquettishly.

2. Become more sensitive. When someone calls his name, his head will immediately turn to look for him. Seeing familiar family members, books, and toys will make cheerful sounds.

3. Diverse voices. At four months old, the child will scream with joy and even make bubbles. When it is six months old, it will make vague ma and da sounds.

Cultivation methods

1. Exercise the tongue. Young children can be guided to suck or lick their nipples frequently.

2. Listen to music. Play rhythmic children's music and recite children's songs frequently.

3. Welcome the treasure with a smile. Laugh often in front of your baby and let him try to imitate through funny performances.

3. 7-12 months

Development characteristics

1. Clear pronunciation. It can pronounce the sounds of ba, ma, and da very clearly. At 8 months old, it can pronounce baba and mama in succession.

2. Love to imitate. At 10 months old, he began to imitate the voices of others and became more and more like them. When he is about 1 year old, he can also imitate the sounds of small animals.

3. Will understand. His ability to understand is getting stronger and stronger, he will nod when he agrees and shake his head when he disagrees, and understand the instructions of adults, such as waving bye, clapping, etc.

Training methods

1. Be an excellent teacher. Your baby will learn to speak by imitating your voice, so when talking to him, you should slow down and speak one word at a time, preferably combined with some movements.

2. Let’s lean together. Use your baby's language and he'll talk harder when he sees you happy.

3. Follow him. At this stage, the baby will skip words, so you might as well say it along with him, give him a hug and encourage him, and let him practice speaking continuously.

4. Understand. Even if the baby can speak a certain word or word, he may not be able to understand its meaning. Parents should let him understand through actions or physical objects.

IV. 1-2 years old

Development characteristics of 12-18 months:

1. Cognitive ability becomes stronger. Young children gradually get to know some simple things, such as apples, water cups, hats, etc.

2. Speak strange language.

Start to create a new type of language, which outsiders generally don’t understand well, and will keep repeating adults’ mantras.

3. Can speak about 10 words. These include verbs such as eating, holding, and catching, as well as familiar objects and people's names.

Cultivation methods

1. Correct expression. During this period, the baby's expression ability is not as good as his understanding ability. When he wants to eat candy, he may only say "Mom". At this time, you need to say "Mom will give you a candy right away" and repeat the word "sugar". From now on, he will Will say: "Mom, sugar".

2. Reading. Read to the baby, focusing on the names of people and objects, repeating the names of objects he is familiar with, and guiding the baby to follow the reading.

3. Listen to the sound. Let the baby listen to various sounds, such as the sound of rain, thunder, and the sound of turning books, and help him distinguish them.

4. Contact life. Start from the side and let him identify the colors and categories of different objects. If necessary, you can teach your baby to count.

Development characteristics of 18-24 months:

1. Can speak short sentences. Children with stronger abilities can easily speak sentences of 4 or 5 words, and mastering 30 words is not a problem.

2. Learn to communicate. Begin to learn real communication. You will politely wait for others to finish speaking before expressing your wishes. You will also speak different words in different situations and be able to answer simple questions from adults.

3. Love repetition. He is keen on listening to his favorite songs over and over again, and reading his favorite books and cartoons over and over again.

Training methods

1. Use adjectives, adverbs, and prepositions. At this time, the baby can use nouns and pronouns proficiently, so the mother should add more adjectives, adverbs, and prepositions to her speech, and try to use body language to let him understand the meaning.

2. Don’t compare. Different children have different language abilities. Don't blindly urge or compare, as this will destroy the child's interest in learning a language.