Understanding differences in Speech, language and communication

Question 1

By 6 months, what are some features of speech, language and communication?

Answer 1

• make sounds to themselves and for attention and when being spoken to
• watch your face when talking to them
• get excited at others voices
• smile/laugh when others do

Question 2

By one year, what are some features of speech, language and communication?

Answer 2

• make talking noises- babble strings of sound
• many saying first words
• understanding simple- ‘bye’ ‘up’, and names of familiar objects
• look when hear their name called
• reciprocity in conversation, babbling back

Question 3

By 18 months, what are some features of speech, language and communication?

Answer 3

• be talking in ‘baby way’ but consistent
• understand simple words and short phrases
• recognise and point to familiar objects
• enjoy games, explore world, pretend play

Question 4

By two years, what are some features of speech, language and communication?

Answer 4

• over 50 words
• short sentences
• ask and understand simple questions
• understand 200-500 words
• pretend play, frustrated when can’t get message across

Question 5

By three years, what are some features of speech, language and communication?

Answer 5

• listen and remember simple stories with pictures
• understand longer instructions and simple who/what/where questions
• play more complex and with others
• proper conversations and recognise how others feel
• 300 words
• use past
• sentences and questions

Question 6

By 4 yeras, what are some features of speech, language and communication?

Answer 6

• understand and use colour
• enjoy make believe play
• simple jokes
• plan games with others
• ask lots of questions
• longer sentences
• mostly clear speech

Question 7

By 5 years, what are some features of speech, language and communication?

Answer 7

• take turns in conversation
• well formed sentences
• ask relevant questions
• understand instructions and complex language

Question 8

By age 7, what are some features of speech, language and communication?

Answer 8

• understand key points to answer question or follow instructions
• ask for a re explanation if unclear
• understand multiple part instructions
• compare words and can guess the word
• tell stories

Question 9

By age 9, what are some features of speech, language and communication?

Answer 9

• listen to info and add relevant comments
• infer meanings and make predictions
• use a range of verbs, times, measurements
• use grammatical word endings
• use complex grammar

Question 10

By age 11, what are some features of speech, language and communication?

Answer 10

• appreciate sarcasm
• understand different question types
• long and complex sentence structures
• elaborate entertaining stories
• negociate an agreement

Question 11

What approaches are their to consider across speech and language development?

Answer 11

medical
social
impairment
developmental
educational
functional
psychological
biopsychological
ecological
neurodiverse

Question 12

What is the bioecological model?

Answer 12

Individuals interaction with his/her microsystem, mesosystem, exosystem and macrosystem.
- eg. microsystem may be nursery child is in and macrosystem might be social conditions they grow up in