As we REFLECT on Wednesday night's class and prepare for our upcoming class . . . share some some thoughts on when babies, toddlers or children repeat sounds and words and may NOT have any cognition of the MEANING of what they are saying. Can you think of other times when they may produce sounds or words INTENTIONALLY to communicate a meaning.
Thoughts on the difference between these two situations?
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As I was reading this post, a particular situation came to mind that involved my niece. Before she was able to communicate using real words, she would babble and have conversations with people and become really upset when something said did not fit into the conversation. For instance, if she was talking to you and you smiled and nodded your head and acted as if you knew what she was saying, she would babble angrily and begin to cry. It was as if she knew that you could not understand because the your reaction would not make sense. She was a very angry child and threw frequent fits often. As soon as she began to speak actual words and was able to communicate successfully, the fits stopped. Could this be a supporting example of Piaget's theory of language development, or, was she just being a fussy baby?
I would love to hear some feedback. I have been curios about this for a while.
I really do believe that every child is born with at least one survival skill. This skill is to cry. If a child cries, he/she knows the reason they are crying. An infant may not know what the definition of "hunger" is; however, they know the feeling. When a child cries, the purpose is to communicate that he/she is hungry. In this situation, if the "reciever" of the message changes the baby's diaper when he/she cries.. there was not sucessful communication. There was an attempt though.
i agree with lisa! if a child knows nothing else they know they know a feeling of discomfort can be fixed with they cry they know crying will result in attention... The crying in my mind would be a tool of communication, is it succeeddful? That is the question. However i do not belive language is used.
I babysit a 15 month old boy who does not say a word. All we do all day is baby talk. I have grown to use his language not my everyday english lol. He is so cute and i understand what he is saying so i would call it a language. I know what he wants and needs everytime he babbles.
Those are some great comments. I think babies know what they want as far as feeling hunger, being wet, etc. However, if they do not have some kind of interaction with someone they cannot develop their language skills.
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