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Babies use this stage to learn how to communicate with their caregivers and begin pointing out objects or showing their caregivers objects.
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Babies are able to create short sounds
e. g. ba-ba (bottle), ma-ma (mom), or da-da (dad). -
Children start using words. As they grow they begin to put words together to form sentences.
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A child will use gestures to ask for things
e.g. they may say ba ba and point to a bottle. -
A child start's using negatives
e.g. There no drink -
A child imitates adult speech patterns and is able to produce four or more word sentences.
e.g. I saw a monster -
A child's sentence is much longer and more complex.
e.g. I like horses they run fast -
Sentences are structured.
e.g. mom can I have a cookie? -
A child can use pronouns correctly and comprehends opposites.
e.g. Ray is mean, he is not being nice. -
A child is aware of mistakes with other people's speech.
e.g. Adult: I ain't going
Child: Mom ain't is not a word. -
A child is able to carry on meaningful conversations with adults.
e.g. Mom will you help me with my homework, I am having difficulties understanding it. -
A child is able to use expressive language. They are also able to use language effectively for different purposes or situations.
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Language development slows and begins to stabilize.
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A child can use more figurative language in conversations.
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A child uses longer sentences and can change topics in conversations.
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A child shows some understanding to idioms.
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A child understands and uses slang terms with friends, and they also know that they talk differently to friends than to teachers.
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Teenagers know when they don't comprehend certain things.
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Teeanagers are able to follow complicated instructions.
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Teenagers can easily swap between classroom talk and breaktime talk.
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Teenagers are able to tell long and complicated stories.
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By the time a teenager reaches the age of 18, they are able to explain reasoning for their actions and are able to make their own decisions.
