Core areas for speaking and listening:
Their are many skills in which children learn to communicate that grow slowly over time. These are called components or domains. These elements are the core of learning development and help children understand others, speak clearly and listen carefully.
Below are some domains written for families that gives them simple explanations for each element:
1.Words children know (vocabulary):
Children learn new words like for example person's name, objects name, action verbs and telling feelings.
Those children who learn words early in life develop better communication and thinking skills.
2. Sentence structure and Grammar learning:
The magic of words to make meaning. For example, "I am doing" vs "Me do".
3. Social rules of communication:
It teaches children use of language through being on one topic while speaking and so on.
Listening sounds in words like initial sounds and baby rhymes. Which can help for later reading.
4. Receptive language:
To receive and process language by listening and understanding.
5. Comprehension:
It helps to understand questions, follow orders and understand stories.
6. Social language:
To understand social rules, talk softly and taking turns.
7. Expressive speaking:
To describe their needs in words by talking and explaining.
8. Awareness of speech sound:
To notice rhymes, to blend sounds into words, to hear different sounds, to know starting and ending of the sounds. That element is crucial for later writing and reading.
9. Sharing focus with someone:
It means when an adults and children pay attention at same time on same thing.
For example, Both looking at an object at home, looking at the same image on the book, both watching the bird, adult respond immediately when child pointing on somewhere or on somethin and also playing together with the same toy.
10. Skill of asking and answering questions:
Try to ask W/H questions like for example, "what are you doing?"
"How are you?" Also learn to say yes/no questions and more complex questions as well.
11. Cultural language skills:
Should learn to greet, learn basic manners, way of telling stories, learn good gestures, facial expressions, taking in polite tone and respect every single word while speaking with others.
These elements supports child development and help to communicate clearly.
