Stages of Development

Question 1

What is communicative competence? 🍝👥

Answer 1

Communicative competence is
1) the ability to form accurate and understandable utterances using the grammar system
2) Understanding the social contexts in which they vary

Question 2

Which 5️⃣ age ranges have you broken up the stages of development (approximates) into?

Answer 2

1) 0-12 months
2) 12-18 months
3) 18 - 24 months
4) 24 - 36 months
5) 36 + months

Question 3

What stage of language development occurs between 0-12 months? What is unique about this stage? 🗣️🎼

Answer 3

The pre-verbal stage is all about experimentation with noises and sounds. The child ❌ produce recognisable lexemes.

This stage can be further broken down into 3 more stages…