The stages of Child Language Acquisition

What are the 2 Language Acquisition Stages?

• Pre-Linguistic Stage

• Primary Linguistic Stage

• Beginning Stage of Language Acquisition

• Linguistic Stage

Answer explanation

The prelinguistic stage ranges from birth to approximately 6 months

Is crying considered a language?

• Yes

• No

Answer explanation

Noises in pre-linguistic stage include crying, whimpering, and cooing. These sounds are not considered language because they are involuntary responses to stimuli.

When does a baby typically start cooing?

• 6 months old

• 1 year old

• 2 months old

• 7 months old

Which stage does one word production start in?

• Pre-Linguistic stage

• Linguistic stage

Which of the following statements about pre-linguistic speech is FALSE?

• It involves babbling

• 1. It involves experimenting in order to learn how to make different sounds

• 1. It involves hand signals