A1 - UNIT 2 CPLD

A1 - the role of speech, communication and language in children's development

How verbal and non-verbal communication is used to support children:

• eye contact 
• gesture 
• active listening 
• body language
• shows understanding if used
• shows meaning if they dont understand

How children understand language through the stages of acquisition

• pre-linguistic - learn the rules of communication, tune into sounds, babbling increases, meanings are learnt
• linguistic - use words that have meaning, single words are gradually replaced, most are fairly fluent at 4 years old

How higher order language skills are developed:

• phonology - study of speech sounds (phonemes)
• semantics - understanding the meanings of words
• syntax - understanding the grammar of language
• putting it all together - receptive vs expressive language

Links to emotional and social development:

• strongs attachments promote babbling/ talking as they are happy and comfortable
• need to feel listened to - smiling etc
• behaviour changes when they start talking - less impulsive/frustrated
• reading body language means they are more accepted into social situations

Links to cognitive development:

• helps them process information and is linked to recall and memory
• need to speak in order to read - link between spoken sounds and written symbols
• good vocab and understanding of words means they percieve things in more detail

Impact of theories on developing children's speech, communication and language development:

• bruner - role of adults/parents, language acquisition support system, three modes of representation (symbolic,…