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FACILITATING LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT (BE SIMPLE, CONCRETE AND REPETITIVE (Use…
FACILITATING LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
ADJUST TO CHILD'S UNIQUE PERSONALITY INSTEAD OF WORKING AGAINST THEM
Make them feel like toddlers are being understood as they have difficulty pronouncing words and making themselves understood
EXPAND AND ELABORATE LANGUAGE ABILITIES
Ask open-ended questions that encourage answers other than "yes" or "no"
Actively repeat, expand and recast their utterances
BE AN ACTIVE CONVERSATIONAL PARTNER
Talk to child from the time that they are born and initiate conversations with them
Ensure they receive adequate learning stimulation from adults if they are in a day-long child-care programme
USE PARENT-LOOK AND PARENT-GESTURE AND LABEL WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING/POINTING AT
Look and point to something you want your child to pay attention to and name it for them
BE SIMPLE, CONCRETE AND REPETITIVE
Use familiar words to help child learn them better
Avoid talking to them in abstract and high-level ways
Don't think that you have to say something new or different all the time
RESIST MAKING NORMATIVE COMPARISONS (DO NOT COMPARE WITH OTHER CHILDREN
Be aware of the ages the child reaches a specific milestone but do not measure this rigidly against that of other children as it brings about unnecessary anxiety
PLAY GAMES
Games like peek-a-boo and pat-a-cake help them learn words better
TALK IN A SLOW PACE, DON'T WORRY ABOUT HOW YOU SOUND TO OTHER ADULTS WHEN YOU TALK TO YOUR BABY
Talking in a slow pace will help the child detect words in a sea of sounds that they are experiencing
Infants enjoy and attend to high-pitched sounds of child-directed speech
REMEMBER TO LISTEN
Be patient and allow toddlers to express themselves no matter how painstaking the process is or how great of a hurry you are in
Don't be tempted to supply words and thoughts for toddlers since their speech is often slow and laborious