Child Language Acquisition

The Pre-Verbal stages principally happen between [blank_start]0months and 1year[blank_end].

The [blank_start]Crying[blank_end] Stage is when a child expresses itself in the first few weeks of life. Research found that English parents can interpret the [blank_start]cries[blank_end] of foreign babies as readily as they can those of their own.

The [blank_start]Cooing[blank_end] stage also known as mewing/gurgling, occurs when babies are around six to eight weeks old. They make sounds such as "coo" and "ga-ga".

The Babbling Stage is the most important stage during a child's first year.

During the Babbling Stage combinations of consonants and vowels are produced such as "ba" "ma". Sometimes these sounds are repeated producing sounds known as...

During the Babbling Phase the number of phonemes produced increases initially, this is known as...

After the initial increase in phonemes produced, the range of noises made decreases this is known as....

Another feature of the Babbling Stage is intonation and gesture. Intonation is...

Gestures are also another way children communicate with adults or others. Gestures are...

At around 9-12months we hear (.....) These are words that match actual words used in daily life.

The One Word Stage is also known as the....

The average child is about 3 years old when it speaks its first words.

A child begins to speak in single word utterances when they are around...

"Allgone" is an example of when a child has learnt a group of words as a single unit, these are also known as....

When a child is at the One Word Stage he or she most commonly uses words simply as a naming function. However, sometimes it can have more complex meanings. These words are called....

The Two Word Stage usually appear when the child is around...

In the Two Word Stage, the two words are usually in a grammatically correct sequence.