Stages of Oral Language Development

Running head: STAGES OF ORAL LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT 1
Stages of Oral Language Development
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STAGES OF ORAL LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT 2
Stages of Oral Language Development
Stages Description Examples of Strategy or activity of
utterances support
Receptive This is an infant stage where Ma ma ma, da da Introducing babbling
language children often smile as they da, bobo, baba sounds, making the
imitate facial expressions. The child repeat after you,
development of intonation peaking slowly and
syllable repetition also occurs. simply for the child
to hear.
Listening skills 18 months – 2 years Mama, dada Getting the child’s
Children in this stage start full attention, playing
speaking out sentences listening games,
especially those made up of placing emphasis on
two words. The use of various common
intonation and gesturing is speech signals
heightened along with the
response to some of the songs
heard. The child can also
understand pictures and see
the objects inside.

Expressive 2-3 years I want milk, where Pretend to play with a
language Children gain more desire to is my juice, I child, asking them
communicate and use spilled my milk, I questions using
language. Their vocabulary want tea wordless books, use

grows, and articulation of toy animals and
matures as they can use words asking children open-
like ‘no' and insert ended questions
prepositions inside sentences
(Life Long Learning, 2010).

Reading 3-4 years Where is my cloth, Reading to the kids,
Better articulation and the why is mom sad, talking a lot to the
communication of needs. The what is your name child, having the
child understands and enjoys child tell stories,
humor (Education Review teaching the child
Office, 2016). Children can about phonemic
narrate a story and learn the awareness
meaning of complex word
obtained from adult
conversations.
Writing 4-5 years When will I finish Create a writing
The tremendous growth in the school, is dad space for the child,
use of vocabulary. Children traveling again, create writing
can communicate sentences when will I see worksheet
made up of eight words and grandma
tell more complex stories
(Genishi, 2018). Ability to
recount the experiences of the
day in order with the use of

nouns and verbs that are
irregular.
Oral language observation
I was able to observe the oral language of two of my neighbor's children. The children are
of different ages and sexes. The boy is two years of age while the girl is four years old. They are
close, and they like playing while in the house. Being my neighbors, I spend some time with
these children, and this has improved understanding of their oral languages. The two years old
boy can understand simple instructions when given including those containing two keywords.
For instance, when I say "come here" he understands and moves towards me. He also shows
interest when I tell simple stories. There are times when he asks simple questions, and he seems
to enjoy pretend-play when given his toys.
The four-year girl has also shown some impressive oral language development. She has a
better understanding of complex language structures. In most cases, she asks lots of ‘why,' ‘what'
and ‘where' type of questions because she is interested in finding out new information. When she
meets with her peers, she takes part in more complicated make-believe play sequences. Being
that I am always friendly, whenever I make simple jokes with her she seems to enjoy, but in most
cases, her jokes do not make sense. At times she seems impressive especially when trying to talk
to other kids so that she can make new friends. She even goes as far as telling about what she
wants to do when she is with her friends.

References
Education Review Office (2016). Oral Language Learning and Development: birth to eight years
of age. Accessed 22nd Sept. 2018 from http://www.ero.govt.nz/publications/extending-
their-language-expanding-their-world/oral-language-learning-and-development-birth-to-
eight-years-of-age/
Genishi, C. (2018). Young Children’s Oral Language Development. Reading Rockets. Accessed
22nd Sept. 2018 from http://www.readingrockets.org/article/young-childrens-oral-
language-development
Life Long Learning (2010). Stages of Oral Language Development. Accessed 22nd Sept. 2018
from https://srilestari3101.wordpress.com/2010/01/07/stages-of-oral-language-
development/

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Running head: STAGES OF ORAL LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT 1

Stages of Oral Language Development

Stages of Oral Language Development

Stages Description Examples of Strategy or activity of

imitate facial expressions. The child repeat after you,

development of intonation peaking slowly and

syllable repetition also occurs. simply for the child

Children in this stage start full attention, playing

speaking out sentences listening games,

especially those made up of placing emphasis on

two words. The use of various common

intonation and gesturing is speech signals

heightened along with the

response to some of the songs

heard. The child can also

understand pictures and see

the objects inside.

language Children gain more desire to is my juice, I child, asking them

communicate and use spilled my milk, I questions using

language. Their vocabulary want tea wordless books, use

grows, and articulation of toy animals and

matures as they can use words asking children open-

like ‘no' and insert ended questions

prepositions inside sentences

(Life Long Learning, 2010).

communication of needs. The what is your name child, having the

child understands and enjoys child tell stories,

humor (Education Review teaching the child

Office, 2016). Children can about phonemic

narrate a story and learn the awareness

meaning of complex word

obtained from adult

use of vocabulary. Children traveling again, create writing

can communicate sentences when will I see worksheet

made up of eight words and grandma

tell more complex stories

(Genishi, 2018). Ability to

recount the experiences of the

day in order with the use of

nouns and verbs that are

Oral language observation

to enjoy pretend-play when given his toys.

wants to do when she is with her friends.

of age. Accessed 22nd Sept. 2018 from http://www.ero.govt.nz/publications/extending-

22nd Sept. 2018 from http://www.readingrockets.org/article/young-childrens-oral-

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