Language Development of a Child

By astrea_diazdeleon

  • Three Months of Age

    At three months babies already respond vocally to their parents by crying.

  • At Eight Months

    Begins gesturing

  • One yer old

    First words are spoken

  • At Eighteen Months

    Begins combining words on the basis of word-order rules.

  • At Two Years Old

    Begins adding bound morphemes. Average MLU is 1.6 - 2.2 morphemes.

  • At Three Years Old

    More adult like sentence structure.

  • At Four Years Old.

    Begins to change style of talking to fit conversational partner. MLU is 3.6 - 4.7 morphemes.

  • At Five years Old.

    Ninety percent of language form learned.

  • At Six Years Old.

    Begins to learn visual mode of communcation with writing and reading.

  • Adolecence

    Ability to participate competently in conversations and telling of narratives