LANGUAGE ACQUISITION: HOW CHILDREN ACQUIRE LANGUAGE.

HOW CHILDREN ACQUIRE LANGUAGE.

The first word of a child is an unforgettable moment for parents, as it represents an important step in evolution in its development. However, before expressing themselves through language, go through different stages that can be summarized into three: cries, gestures and babbles. In addition, develop some perceptual and vocal abilities that will culminate with the arrival of this long awaited moment.
The ability to speak is for all human beings, but to develop it is necessary to have a biological, physical and psychological appropriate addition to possessing skills to interact with the environment. According to Dr. Rosa Gil, center specializing in education, 'RV Alfa', "a fundamental factor for its development is the audition."
Step by step get the first word Language learning is the result of the interaction between the ability of a child to talk and their relationship to the surrounding environment. This power need not be at a particular age. According to Dr. Gil, "Every child is different, but at 2 years for example has begun to speak should come to the pediatrician, since it is normal to do about 12 or 13 months of age."
First, a newborn baby pays attention to what people say about him: he hears his father, his brothers, but especially his mother, who called his attention by crying. The next circle of people will help the child learn to speak naturally, so we must speak clearly, with sentences short and concise and call things by their right name.
After the crying, the baby begins to make small babbling. It is the stage where not only listen but also tries to mimic the intonations he hears. Look carefully at the lips of the speaker and began to utter sounds like 'g', 'ajo'y' um '. In addition, it begins to perform coordinated movements with the mouth and jaw to combine different vowels and consonants. According to the doctor, "to 7 or 8 months made a game for pleasure oral, will be from that period when we can detect a problem."
Parents should encourage our son telling stories, looking at his face while talking, singing, etc. With all this, we will help continue the learning process perfected, it will include new sounds and recognize new tones and inflections. After reaching the year speaks a word, understanding what it says and sometimes helping gestures to be understood. According to the expert, "children understand before you speak, and associate the word with an event or person, until they finish developing single words and then words, sentences that contain no verb at first."
Seamless communication For a child to develop their communication skills is necessary to encourage various skills and abilities. First, intersubjectivity, an ability to convey the mental state allows and to rule that no neurological problem that can affect speech. On the other hand there is the intention, that shows what motivates us to do or say something and realize why. Also we found the implementation of interactive routines, which consist of activities that are repeated more or less continuous habit forming. We must also worry about reciprocity, which is that communication is a two way process in which one emits a message and the other responds. In the case of babies, if a child cries, the mother says taking her in his arms because he is communicating that something happens.
Regarding the development of hearing, according to Dr. Gil, "to 7 or 8 months is not tell the difference between a child who hears perfectly and the other does not." Finally, we make games. The hands in particular, promote language development, as the motor of the hands and speech are very close areas in the brain. All your senses are developed with the laughter and the rhymes of these games.
Something of special interest that the specialist says is that "women who have had difficult births are at greater risk of having children with speech problems." Therefore, if we observe that our children do not follow a normal development, we should see a specialist to rule out the possibility of experiencing hearing problems, developmental delay or neurological problems.