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Your Assignment Module Number and Heading: CHCFC506A
Your Assignment Type: Standard Question
Currently Working in Childcare? Yes
Your knowledge: Basic Knowledge

Your Question?
What are the stages of language development?

What is your answer so far or What have you done so far as an attempt to solve this question?
1. Prelinguistic
2. Holophrastic speech - one-word sentences
3. Telegraphic speech - two-word sentences
4. Multiple word sentences
5. Complex grammatical structures
6. Adult-like language structures

Description and Message:
I found this information some time ago, but have no idea where it came from. I have searched and searched the internet for the stages, but cannot find this particular information. Would love to know if I am on the right track. If anyone can assist me here I would be extremely grateful. Thank you, Glynys:)

Seems alright to me.. You can find heaps of info on child development in this website itself. Did you look through the Articles section at the top? Here you will find info on various development and milestones and you can read through these to make sure your answer is on the right track.

Here are some article with more info on language and speech development stages.

1) Language & Speech Developmental Milestones

2) Tips to improve Language Development in Children

3) Child Stages of Development

4) Also read through the other topics on language development in this forum to get more info. Scroll down this page and you will see heaps of related topics on language development.

Thanks so much for your reply, will check out the resources:)

I agree with catchmeifucan, and I would also ass phonological awareness. This is to do with the awareness of sounds in words, rhyming, syllabification etc and assists a child lead into school literacy programs.
Here is the phonological awareness ladder:

Level 1 - Participation in rhymes
(nursery rhymes, songs, stories or books with rhyme, rhythm and word play)

Level 2 - Words in sentences
The child can identify the individual words in simple sentences (e.g. ?I like dogs? can be broken into I ? like ? dogs).

Level 3 - Rhyme
Child can identify that dog and log rhyme.

Level 4 - Syllabification
Child can syllabify simple words; e.g. computer ? com-pu-ter.

Level 5 - Recognition of initial sounds in simple words
Child identifies that dog begins with a ?d.?

Level 6 - Recognition of final sounds in simple words
Child identifies that dog ends in a ?g.?

Level 7 - Blending
Adult says ccc-aaa-ttt and the child blends the sounds and identifies the word ?cat.?

Level 8 - Phonemic segmentation
Child segments the word ?cat? into the following sounds: ccc-aaa-ttt

(I may be going a bit overboard here, but as a Kindy teacher, I know I incorporate all of this into my oral language lessons with my littlies.)

Hope it is of some help
Cathiek

Good one Cathiek. Although I wonder if it might be too much info for this particular assignment. But its definitely a good info you had provided.

For others, if you want to know more on Phonological Awareness or dont know what it is, here is good read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonological_awareness

I would also ass phonological awareness

I am guessing you meant 'add'. bloody typos. lol..

Oops - that was a bit embarrassing - have to check my typing more closely LOL