Birth through Adolescence
Construct a language and literacy development resource for yourself, using the supplementary lectures and power points I provided, child language development books, and other professional resources.Do not try to be exhaustive; rather include the most important skills developed.Where necessary, include examples for yourself (if you need one to remember what the named skill refers to). You may use a different organizational schema if you prefer.Expand rows, add or subtract rows, change age ranges, etc—to make this resource your own.The attached file is the assignment and its available resources.
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Language and Literacy Milestones: Birth through Adolescence
SLHS 322: Language Disorders in Children
| Cognitive Ability | Social-Pragmatic Skill(difficulty in using language) | Semantic Language Skill(meaning) | Syntax-Morphology Language Skill(sentence structure) | Literacy Skill | Other Important Skills |
| Age 0-6 months | |||||
| Looks where sounds come from, and turns the head towards the direction. | There is an interest at the speaker, able to hold attention with a speaker though brief. | Able to respond to his name by turning the head | When lying on tummy, can push up using the arms, lift and hold his head up | ||
| Looks at patterns that mainly contrast like dark and light. | There is use of vocal mainly by intonation | The child can move his hands to his own mouth. | |||
| There is an imitation of adult facial movement especially the tongue when being spoken to. | There is appropriate response to angry and friendly tones. | On his back, they can move their hands to play with their feet. | |||
| They learn through sensory means. | They can stand on their feet but when supporting themselves. | ||||
| There is a copying of things seen(actions) but are unaware of the effects. | They can roll from tummy to back and vice-versa. | ||||
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