Language Acquisition

By kylib

  • 0-6 Months Pre-Speech

    At this age the child is not really speaking but is listening to the speech around them which is crucial

  • 2 Months Cooing

    At this age the child is beginning to coo and make other vowel sounds without actually forming words

  • 4 Months Observation

    At this age, the child is not only listening to the words around them, but actually becoming interested in what is being said and begins playing with caregiver

  • 6-8 Months Babbling

    At this age, consonants are added with the vowels used in cooing to try and speak words

  • 7 Months Comprehension

    At this age the child can start to comprehend and understand some commonly used words

  • 8-12 Months Joint Attention

    At this age the child is able to work with a caregiver when the child pays attention to something and the caregiver pairs it with a word

  • 8-12 Months Gestures

    At this age the child is able to use gestures to substitute for words that the child cannot yet say.

  • 9-18 Months Holophrasistic Stage

    At this age the child should be able to use singular words, typically something known like "ball" or "juice"

  • 18-24 Months Two Word Stage

    At this age the child can combined two words in order to make sentences. For example the child could say "juice please"

  • 18-24 Months Expansion

    At this age the vocabulary could increase to 200-250 words

  • 2 years-2.5 years Telegraphic Stage

    At this age the child can use two or more words together in order to form sentences but still may not be grammatically correct

  • 2-3 Years Communication

    At this age the child can communicate with those around it as well as be able to answer simple questions

  • 3-4 Years Self Talking

    At this age the child can speak in full sentence as well as communicate on their own by telling short stories or singing songs

  • 5 Years Beginning to Speak like an Adult

    At this age the child should be speaking in complete sentences that closely relate to how an adult speaks

  • 6-7 Years Dramatic Expansion

    At this age the speech has dramatically expanded to over 20,000 words as well as understanding grammar and can simply read

  • 7-12 Years Adult Speech

    At this age the child is speaking almost completely as an adult would and can carry out adult conversations as well as use complex sentences