Speech/Language Development 1
Hearing
Cognitive abilities
Language models
Exposure to and interaction with the language
What are prerequisites for language development?
What comes first? Speaking or Understanding Language?
What is Understanding Language?
When do children acquire their first words?
What is around 1 year old?
What are the major gains during the toddler stage?
What are vocabulary and the beginning of syntax?
Where is the growth emphasis for school age/adult years?
What is pragmatics and semantics?
Key to Becoming a
Communicator is...
What is being treated as one?
Provide 3 examples about how to talk to a baby?
What are?
Simple, repetitive sentences
◼ Exaggerated intonation
◼ Facial expression
◼ Talks about what child is doing
◼ Greetings, questions and commands
◼ Pauses for child’s “response”
When do children begin to combine words?
What is when they can say 50 words?
What occurs between 18-24 months?
What is a 'vocabulary spurt'?
the abilty to think about, talk about, and manipulate language
What are Metalinguistic skills?
How to
“De-motivate” Children
to Communicate...
What is ignore requests and comments, avoid eye contact, don't follow their lead, etc...?
What is/are the term/s for child-directed speech?
What is Motherese or Parentese?
What is reduplicated babbling?
What are repetitive CVCVCs?
Where does the emphasis switch during the preschool years?
What is to form?
Requires:
▪Neuromotor coordination to
actually say sounds (articulation)
▪Knowledge of sounds and rules of
the language (phonology)
What is speech production?
How could you assess
a child’s
comprehension of a
word, sentence, or
question?
What is ask them to point to the object or picture, act out words, and/or follow a direction?
What are Phonetically Consistent Forms?
What are Protowords?
◼ Function as words for child
“gi”
“aju”
“foops”
“badanaK”
“peabubbajuggy”
“buckamoo”
“chewchohs”
"badagiga"
What is Variegated babbling?
By the time s/he enters kindergarten, child
learns ____________of the syntax, morphology,
and phonology s/he will use as an adult
What is 90%?
Not moving articulator in correct
direction
Not placing articulator in correct position
What is an articulation disorder?
What are some of the ways you could assess
expressive language skills? Name 3
What are ?
Naming
Cloze procedures
Describing
Explaining
Defining
▣ Serve a foundation for later speech and
language development
◼ Involve infants in interaction with speakers of the
language they are eventually going to acquire
▣ Include
◼ Eye gaze, facial expression, joint reference, joint
action, babbling, turn taking
What are a child's preverbal behaviors?
repetition or imitation of sounds, phrases, or words
What is echolalia?
Child assumes
word meaning
from context,
then uses it in
new situation
What is fast mapping?
Characteristics of incorrect production of speech sounds?
What are?
Lacking precise timing & speed
▪Inadequate pressure
▪Or too much pressure
▪Difficulty with coordination