Babies begin learning language from an early age through exposure to sounds and words spoken around them. Their first words are often simple ones like "mama" and "papa" that represent the closest people in their lives. As babies develop, they love imitating new words and will repeat words and phrases throughout the day. The easiest way to encourage language development is to frequently speak with babies using simple words and listening for their responses. Merely talking with babies is sufficient for teaching them language as they learn best through listening to their environment.

1. EDUC501 Human Growth And Development
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It is difficult to remember the first word spoken, as we are babies and we are unable to
remember any incidents. But my mother told me that I said, “mama”. Thus, this is the first
word I spoke. After which I learned “papa” and my mother helped me to learn new words
that were simple and amusing to hear. When new-born we hear and recognize all types of
sounds in all that is spoken to us. We try to learn it and grasp it trying to know how it is
spoken (Saxton, 2017). Babies discover which sounds are associated with the newly gained
speaking skill. Phonemic awareness refers to the ability to detect and create such sounds,
which is essential for youngsters learning to read.
The word Mama and papa are very common as they both represent the closest person. A
mom is almost every time near to the child and the child gets very attached to them. The
parent plays with them and this makes them learn the word to call their parents. The babies
love to grasp new words, environment, or sights they are all-time active to see things, feel
them, and understand what is near them. The best way to learn is to teach them one by one
new words, the babies also intend to repeat the same word all day all the month (Clark, &
Casillas, 2015). They keep repeating the newly learned word or phrase every time they hear
it. I heard the cousin of mine learning a new phrase “ what up my sunshine” and this was
repeated the whole day till evening. Whenever I visited her, she would say this to me, she
would say this to everyone she loved. They love to mimic others and this is a very normal
process for them to learn.
The easiest strategy to encourage language development in new born is to just talk to them.
Babies learn through listening to their environment, therefore the more language infants
are engaged to, the smarter. A baby can respond to the rhythm of words or language. A child
of young age can recognize stress, the pitch of any conversation. Sound awareness refers to
the ability to detect and create such sounds, which is essential for youngsters learning to
read. The babies love to speak new words. They also gain the ability to distinguish between
other noise and language sounds (Golinkoff et al., 2015). They can differentiate between a
clap and a sound from the mouth. Cooing, babbling is the early sign of learning a language.
Talk to them like you should in a discussion, listening for them to react before responding
with what they believe they will say. It should be noted, that merely talking to babies

2. carefully is sufficient for teaching them to take up words.
References
Clark, E. V., & Casillas, M. (2015). First language acquisition (pp. 327-344). Routledge.
Golinkoff, R. M., Can, D. D., Soderstrom, M., & Hirsh-Pasek, K. (2015). (Baby) talk to me: the
social context of infant-directed speech and its effects on early language acquisition. Current
Directions in Psychological Science, 24(5), 339-344.
Saxton, M. (2017). Child language: Acquisition and development. Sage.