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My child does not speak like his peers.
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My child understands what is being said but cannot speak.
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My child does not speak They show what they want by pointing out.
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My child's vocabulary is very limited, he produces the same words all the time.
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My child does not speak like his peers, he talks when he goes to school
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When will my child start to speak like his peers.
You can also tell us what you want to say above. In this article, you will learn about the language development steps that should be according to the age of our child, the number of words that should be in the vocabulary at certain age ranges, and the language and speech disorders that your child may experience.
Early Language Development Stages.
What Should We Follow About Communication in Our Child Before First Words?
Early language development should not be thought of as just word production. Before we hear the first words from our child, we must follow the communicative steps that help produce the first words.
These communicative steps are:
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Caring for those around her: Our child begins to distinguish between events, sounds and people around him.
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Common interest: Our child begins to be interested in the same object or event with another person. Thus, he begins to take the first steps to begin to learn the meaning of words too.
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Tciting and taking turns: Imitating adult movements and sounds, first words It is very important to be able to tell. Turn-taking is also an important part of communication. The ability to take turns should be supported in play in early childhood.
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Explaining her wishes with gestures and facial expressions: The ability of your child to express his needs and desires by pointing fingers, gestures and facial expressions, although he does not speak. was one of the stones r.
If your child cannot speak like their peers, observe the existence of these skills. If these skills have not yet been formed, you can get support from a Speech and Language Therapist.
First Words and Vocabulary Development: How many words should our child produce in which month?
Normal Children with language-speech development usually start to say their first words around 12 months. While it is expected that our children will produce 4-6 words around 15 months, their vocabulary starts to increase rapidly after 15 months.
The number of words that our child is expected to produce according to age range should be known.
Expected table:
p>12 months: first words,
15 months: 4-6 words,
18 months: 20-50 words,
24 months: 100-300 words, 50% intelligibility,
24- 36 months: 300-450 words, 75% intelligibility
36-48 months: 450-1000+ words, 90-100% intelligibility is expected. Therefore, it is considered normal in certain age ranges that what they say is not understood very well and words are half and/or incorrect.
What Counts as a Word?
Anything your child uses consistently, spontaneously, spontaneously and consistently, including animal and vehicle sounds, incorrectly spoken words, is a word. can be counted.
For example:
You can think of it as a word if your child always says instead of water,
If your child says tata instead of door, you can think of it as a word even if he/she makes it wrong.
Expressive vocabulary development
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At 12 months old → 2-6 words
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At 15 months → 10 words
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At 18 months → 50 words
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At 24 months → 300 words
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At 30 months → 450 words
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At the age of three → It is expected to be at the level of about 1000 words.
If you observe that your child's vocabulary is low for their age, you can apply to a Speech and Language Therapist .
Word Consolidation Development
After the age of 2 → Can combine two simple words.
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For example: Mom, come. Eat mama. Dad can begin to combine simple sentences such as go.
After 3 years of age → It is expected to produce three-word sentences and more word combinations.
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For example: Dad, come home. Mom give me water. Brother starts to produce combinations of three-word words such as top horse.
From the age of 4 → Can repeat much longer sentences consisting of four or five words and can form many word combinations.
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For example: My teacher gave me a book. My friend gave me his toy as a gift.
Starting from the age of 5→ They begin to use adult-like speech intelligibility and longer sentences. He is expected to repeat sentences up to eight, nine words.
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For example: My friend brought a plane instead of a toy helicopter. We bought apples and strawberries from the market today.
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