{"id":2920,"date":"2023-02-07T15:15:52","date_gmt":"2023-02-07T07:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.namying.edu.hk\/?p=2920"},"modified":"2023-02-07T15:30:15","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T07:30:15","slug":"what-constitutes-a-language-development-delay-in-a-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.namying.edu.hk\/?p=2920&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"What constitutes a language development delay in a child?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Source: Speech Therapist, Mok Yee Tuen<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Typically, babies start making sounds as soon as they are born, such as different crying sounds to express their demands. From 4 to 8 months, they start babbling, which is part of the language preparation period. Children actually go through a ladder of language development, starting with just learning single words and ending with being able to tell stories with their words.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Babies from 9 months to 1 year generally start producing their first meaningful word, such as &#8220;ba,&#8221;&nbsp; &#8220;ma,&#8221; or &#8220;ball ball.&#8221; From 1 to 2 years old, their understanding and vocabulary expression increase greatly, with the accumulation of single words forming two-word phrases, such as &#8220;mommy drink&#8221; and &#8220;eat bun bun.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From 2 to 3 years old, children generally speak in longer sentences and can express different needs. For example, they like to add a word to the two-word phrases, forming three-word combinations, such as &#8220;Daddy eat bun&#8221; and &#8220;I want grandma.&#8221; Some children start using adjectives, such as &#8220;sister eats a big apple.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Young children generally recognize more different sentences and start using conjunctions after 3 and a half years old, and by 5 years old, they slowly understand how to combine different sentences and use more conjunctions and start to narrate things logically, that is, by telling stories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In fact, the language development of young children is slightly different for each person, but through empirical research, we also have some important reference indicators to see if a child may have a speech delay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first is that there are no words at 2 years old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Second, no sentences appear before the age of three.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The third is that speech is unclear and hard to understand after 3 years old,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fourth, sentences are still unclear after 5 years old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If the child is not speaking more and more as they grow, parents should seek the help of a professional to assess and train them as soon as possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Speech Therapist, Mok Yee Tuen Typically, babie [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2884,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.namying.edu.hk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2920"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.namying.edu.hk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.namying.edu.hk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.namying.edu.hk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.namying.edu.hk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2920"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.namying.edu.hk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2921,"href":"https:\/\/www.namying.edu.hk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2920\/revisions\/2921"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.namying.edu.hk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.namying.edu.hk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.namying.edu.hk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.namying.edu.hk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}