{"id":10345,"date":"2023-02-01T14:03:55","date_gmt":"2023-02-01T06:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stmonica.edu.hk\/?p=10345"},"modified":"2023-03-17T14:06:32","modified_gmt":"2023-03-17T06:06:32","slug":"what-constitutes-a-language-development-delay-in-a-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stmonica.edu.hk\/?p=10345&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"What constitutes a language development delay in a child?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stmonica.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/shutterstock_41484523.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10335\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stmonica.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/shutterstock_41484523.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3008\" height=\"2000\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: Speech Therapist, <\/strong><strong>Mok Yee Tuen<\/strong><\/p>\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<p>Babies from 9 months to 1 year generally start producing their first meaningful word, such as &#8220;ba,&#8221;\u00a0 &#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<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<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stmonica.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/\u87a2\u5e55\u64f7\u53d6\u756b\u9762-85.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10337\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stmonica.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/\u87a2\u5e55\u64f7\u53d6\u756b\u9762-85.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1481\" height=\"985\" \/><\/a><\/p>\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<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<p>The first is that there are no words at 2 years old.<\/p>\n<p>Second, no sentences appear before the age of three.<\/p>\n<p>The third is that speech is unclear and hard to understand after 3 years old,<\/p>\n<p>Fourth, sentences are still unclear after 5 years old.<\/p>\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; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stmonica.edu.hk\/?p=10345&#038;lang=en\" class=\"more-link\">\u95b1\u8b80\u5168\u6587<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u3008What constitutes a language development delay in a child?\u3009<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10335,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[109],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-parents-zone"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stmonica.edu.hk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stmonica.edu.hk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stmonica.edu.hk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stmonica.edu.hk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stmonica.edu.hk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stmonica.edu.hk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10345\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stmonica.edu.hk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stmonica.edu.hk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stmonica.edu.hk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stmonica.edu.hk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}