Language Acquisition Stages

During this phase, the infant begins to learn and speak single words.

• Telegraphic

• Holophrastic

• Babbling

• Pre-talking

In this phase, children now learn to use functional morphemes to change the meaning of the words they use.

• Telegraphic

• Multi-word

• Pre-talking

• Holophrastic

Children begin to expand their two-word phrases into short sentences. They also begin to utilize lexical morphemes to make the words they use fit the sentence.

• Pre-talking

• Babbling

• Two-word

• Telegraphic

Students have minimal comprehension and listening skills and often utilize gestures like nodding, pointing, and drawing to explain themselves.

• Pre-production

• Speech Emergence

• Early Production

• Beginning Fluency

Students have developed significant comprehension and can read, write, and understand simple sentences.

• Early production

• Speech Emergence

• Beginning Fluency

• Intermediate

  Fluency