Question

Describe the development of speech, from infancy to approximately 2 years of age

Answer 1

After birth between 6 and 9 months babies start babbling and imitating. By 12 months or 1 year a baby's first words usually come out and by 18 months to 24 months children use approximately 45 to 50 words and will start saying short sentences. After that in 2 to 3 years these sentences are long consisting of 4 to 5 words.

Step-by-step explanation:

A new born after crossing six months start babbling and imitating tones and speech of various sounds. They try to make various sounds in mouth. By 1 year, a baby's first words usually come out and 1 year 6 months they start to speak 50 words around. Next to that in 2 years they make short sentences by placing two words in it.

And finally in between 2 to 3 years they speak full sentence of four to five words or more than that. Gradually start speaking complex sentences and meaningful sentences. Word stocks and vocabulary increases day by day.

Answer 2

Speech is developed primarily in the first two years of the life of an infant.

Step-by-step explanation:

The recognition of speech patters in children starts at infancy and is a precursor to the eventual understanding of language and speaking.

0-3 months the baby:

Recognizes different tones of voices

Coos when it is happy

Cries to show hunger, tiredness and distress

By the time the kid reaches 6 months the kid starts to:

Laughs, chuckles and squeals

Cries to show it is distress ed

Begins to understand emotion in parent or carer’s voice

By the time it reaches 9 months:

Begins to recognize its own name

Imitates simple words

By the time it reaches 1 year:

Uses vowels and consonants together to make repetitive sounds

Use gestures to ask for things

Understand more than it can say

By the time the kid reaches 18 months:

Vocabulary increases with children learning 10-30 words in a month

Repeats words and sentences

Use language to name belongings and point out named objects.

By the time the kid is 24 months old:

Both active and passive vocabularies continue to increase

Sentences become longer although they tend to be in telegraphic speech