This document outlines the stages of language development from infancy through age 6. It discusses how language is acquired through mimicry and how infants begin to comprehend and vocalize. Toddlers start producing "jargon" and following simple directions. By age 2, children use 50-300 words and ask questions. Between 3-4 years, children use complex sentences and refer to non-present people and objects. By age 5, vocabulary expands to 1,500 words and children can retell stories. Six-year-olds can identify right from left, talk extensively, and carry on adult conversations.

1. LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
A PRESANTATION BY
ABDUL MANAF CHALIYAMPURATH
KSTC THALIPARAMBA

2. LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
Language development is a process starting
early in human life. When a person begins to
acquire language by learning it as it is spoken or
mimicry

3. Stages of language
development
Infant
Toddlers
Two year old
Thee-four year old
Five year old
Six year old

4. Infant (0-1 year)
It is called pre production stage. The infant
comprehends minimum, vocalisation with
intonation, responds to his name, responds to
human voices without visual cues by turning his
head and eyes

5. Toddlers ( 12-24 months)
 Produces considerable “ jargon” : puts word and
sound together into speech- like ( inflected )
pattern.
 Follows simply directions “ give Daddy the cup”
 When asked, will point to familiar persons,
animals, and toys
 Speech is 25-50 present intelligible during this
period
 Enjoys rhymes and songs : tries to joining in

6. Two year old
 Enjoys being read to if allowed to participate by
pointing, making relevant noises , turning pages
 Uses fifty to three hundred different words ;
vocabulary continuously increasing
 Repeatedly asks , “ what ‘ s that?’
 Some stammering is common
 Is able to verbalise needs.

7. Three- four year old
 Uses prepositions “on, in, and under”
 Produces elaborate sentence structures: “the cat ran under
the house before I could see what colour It was.”
 Speech is almost entirely intelligible
 Refers to activities , events, objects, and people that are
not present
 Changes tones of voice and sentence structure to adopt to
listener’ s level of under standing.

8. Five year old
 Vocabulary of 1500 words plus
 Tells a familiar story while looking at
pictures in a book
 Identifies and names four to eight colors
 States the names of own city or town,
birthday , and parent’ s names
 Answers telephone appropriately ; calls
person to phone or takes a brief messages
 Speech is almost entirely intelligible

9. Six year old
 Can identify right and left hands fairly consistently
 Talks a lot
 Experiments with slang and profanity and finds It funny
 Able to carry on adult –like conversations ;asks many
questions
 Learns 5-10 words daily ; vocabulary of10000-14000
 Can’t handle things not going their own way
 Has mood swings towards primary caregiver depending on
the day
 Loves telling jokes and riddles ; often, humour is far from
subtle