tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5613930290308043849.post5450394786710979135..comments2023-04-30T17:41:37.586+08:00Comments on Mother Knows Best: How Babies Learn To Talk?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5613930290308043849.post-5096943604840056122009-08-23T11:07:10.936+08:002009-08-23T11:07:10.936+08:00Several great points are made in this article. It...Several great points are made in this article. It's important for readers to realize what "good" "baby talk" is--it is infant-directed speech. It is silly in content and dramatically appealing in delivery. Babies learn the overall "speech envelope" of the primary language and then start to pick up on specific words.<br /><br />"Baby talk" that is not desirable is the use of immature productions of words in the flow of regular adult speech. It is okay for a child who is learning to talk to call a train a "choo choo", but it is not advisable for an adult to refer to a train as a "choo choo." What's a great alternative? --The adult should make a comment using the real word train, and then follow up with the sound effect for the train. It's great to say "choo choo!" to present the train sound but not to use it as a noun. It's a subtle difference but a very important difference.<br /><br />This article gave some great information about how children's vocabulary size and intelligence are affected by the quantity of words directed toward them in the first two years of life. Check out LENA for some great information about a device that helps parents find out how much they really are directing language to their children. (I have no affiliation with LENA, just admiration for the product and research conducted by that foundation.) <br /><br />By the time children are toddlers, child-directed speech needs to change from the silly, long sentences that infants love to more thoughtfully presented statements (NOT questions!) that are systematically reduced in length from a full sentence down to whatever level at which a child is able to join in--that could be a phrase, a single word, a syllable, a single speech sound, or a sound-effects sound. I have written extensively on my concept of the Upside-Down Pyramid. It is a highly useful technique parents can use to help their children learn to talk better.Mary Lou B. Johnsonhttp://www.helpyourchildspeak.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5613930290308043849.post-47534938869944251612009-03-22T16:54:00.000+08:002009-03-22T16:54:00.000+08:00I have lots of kids in the family, some of them to...I have lots of kids in the family, some of them toke longer time to talk, but most of them because they raised all together in a nice group which help them to talk fast, communicating with kids are very important!<BR/><BR/>I think kids always capture the words and save them in their memories, they know lots more than they can say! <BR/><BR/>very nice post, I like it because it's from a real person, have a great day!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5613930290308043849.post-74620371127966820452009-01-30T17:37:00.000+08:002009-01-30T17:37:00.000+08:00I have a nephew who is 2 years old now and he stil...I have a nephew who is 2 years old now and he still can't utter a straight words.. Always the last syllable.. lol<BR/><BR/>By the way, I am giving you an award again te.. Click <A HREF="http://dose-of-anything.blogspot.com/2009/01/thank-you.html" REL="nofollow"> HERE </A> for more details..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com