{"id":4981,"date":"2016-04-11T20:09:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-11T17:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kivotosexelixis.gr\/stadia-glwssikis-anaptiksis\/"},"modified":"2022-07-06T16:57:39","modified_gmt":"2022-07-06T13:57:39","slug":"stadia-glwssikis-anaptiksis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kivotosexelixis.gr\/en\/stadia-glwssikis-anaptiksis\/","title":{"rendered":"The stages of language development"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">5-9 months<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>They distinguish the tone of voice<\/li>\n<li>They are distracted by toys that make sounds and try to imitate them<\/li>\n<li>They vary their crying according to the need they want to express<\/li>\n<li>They produce the first consonants and create series of sounds, which they repeat<\/li>\n<li>They produce sounds that come from the lips and the tongue<\/li>\n<li>They acquire prosodic elements in their utterances.\u00a0They begin to distinguish the pitch and intensity of the voice.<\/li>\n<li>They associate their first vocabulary, which consists of vowel and consonant sequences, with various events and thus give meaning to their utterances.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">13-20 months<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>They develop listening skills and listen to learn<\/li>\n<li>They respond to hearing everyday familiar words<\/li>\n<li>They turn when they hear their name<\/li>\n<li>They respond to games with songs<\/li>\n<li>They begin to realize that there are better ways than crying to get what they want<\/li>\n<li>They acquire musicality in their speech as well as monosyllabic or bisyllabic fixed sounds<\/li>\n<li>They begin to associate their first words with faces<\/li>\n<li>They try to imitate various sounds such as animals, means of transport etc<\/li>\n<li>They use short words without proper articulation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">18 months-2 years<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Comprehension of speech is almost complete, which will allow morphological or syntactic production of speech to begin<\/li>\n<li>They understand simple instructions<\/li>\n<li>They listen to the conversations of others from a distance and understand simple speech<\/li>\n<li>They use short phrases<\/li>\n<li>They name objects and actions of their daily life<\/li>\n<li>They chat to themselves or to their toys<\/li>\n<li>They use telegraphic speech, short sentences with only the basic information<\/li>\n<li>Their sentences consist of active verbs, nouns and prepositions<\/li>\n<li>Most children by the age of 2 learn about 50 new words per month<\/li>\n<li>A difference is observed in the rate of language development of boys and girls, with girls ahead<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">3-4 years old<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>They answer the call from the other room<\/li>\n<li>They are interested in the sounds of the house and the environment<\/li>\n<li>They like to listen to fairy tales and follow them with ease<\/li>\n<li>They ask questions<\/li>\n<li>They answer questions and perform complex commands<\/li>\n<li>They use the prepositions and the plural<\/li>\n<li>They participate in discussions<\/li>\n<li>They narrate their events and experiences in the present<\/li>\n<li>They speak about 300 words and understand 1,000<\/li>\n<li>Due to the difficulty in expressing their thoughts correctly, they face the risk of developing normal stuttering<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">4-5 years old<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>They have a rich vocabulary exceeding 1,000 words<\/li>\n<li>They use sentences of 8 or more words<\/li>\n<li>They have correct grammar and syntax in their speech<\/li>\n<li>They can ask questions and express refusal<\/li>\n<li>They refer to the past and the future<\/li>\n<li>They have correct articulation, perhaps missing \/p\/ and clusters<\/li>\n<li>Stories are told<\/li>\n<li>They are understood by all<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">6 years and older<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The child&#8217;s speech has developed<\/li>\n<li>Pronounce all sounds and clusters correctly<\/li>\n<li>Their speech is free of grammatical and syntactical errors<\/li>\n<li>They are ready to come into contact with the written word<\/li>\n<li>They use 2,500 words and understand about 6,000<\/li>\n<li>They have developed the skill of time orientation and can, using temporal expressions, tell stories and events with a beginning, middle and end<\/li>\n<li>They acquire logical thinking<\/li>\n<li>They have developed pragmatic skills and adapt their speech based on the age and knowledge of the interlocutor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>5-9 months They distinguish the tone of voice They are distracted by toys that make sounds and try to imitate them They vary their crying according to the need they want to 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