Language Development Case Study

If Jane 's language was developing normally, at nine months, she would be babbling. Her babbling would become more complex and more varied as it progresses. As her babbling progresses, instead of only uttering consonant or vowel sounds, she 'll put vowels and consonant to say "mama " or "dada," for example. As she gets even older, this string of vowel and consonant sounds will become varied in pitch (intonation). Intonation is an important characteristic of regular conversation. Because of Jane 's reoccurring ear infections however, this language progression could be negatively affected. An important part of language development for a baby, is being surrounded by language so that they can repeat the sounds that they hear. Unfortunately, when …show more content…
put-ed), and according to "Language Development," seventy-five percent of what Jeff says should be understood by others. Jeff 's inability to focus or interact with others may cause delays in his development of language. I am very familiar with the emergence of why questions around the age of three because of my little sister. We couldn 't get her to stop asking why: "why is the sky blue," why are there white things in the blue sky," and this went on and on. However, Jeff may not ask why questions often because he is uncomfortable around and talking to other people. Jeff is most likely missing important lessons in school because he has difficulty focusing on a speaker, his teacher. This could cause slowed vocabulary development, issues with forming grammatically correct sentences, etc. Again, because communication is so key in the development of language, Jeff 's lack of interaction greatly impacts his progress as a three year old. If he prefers to be alone, Jeff cannot interact with other children and hear new words or exercise having conversations. It is also possible that less than seventy-five percent of Jeff 's speech will be understood by others because he struggles to communicate and use language effectively.If Jeff were Autistic, his language could develop much slower than other children his age. He would absolutely lack proper conversation skills.Children with Autism often repeat words and sentences they hear, when repetition is not needed. Sometimes they repeat without knowing exactly what they are saying. For example, if Jeff heard someone say "the rainbow has blue in it," later when someone asks if his favorite color is blue, he may repeat this and respond with "the rainbow has blue in it." This lack of understanding, on top