Year 1 of CLA

Question 1

What stage of acquisition is at 0-2 months

Answer 1

Biological noises

Question 2

What stage of acquisition is at 2-5 months

Answer 2

Cooing and laughing

Question 3

What stage of acquisition is at 5-8 months

Answer 3

Vocal Play

Question 4

What stage of acquisition is at 6-12 months

Answer 4

Babbling

Question 5

What stage of acquisition is at 9-18 months

Answer 5

Melodic Utterances

Question 6

What does caretaker speech (mainly mothers) tend to do/have?

Answer 6

Simple vocabulary
Slow speech
Widened pitch
Have ‘conversations’

Question 7

What benefit does having ‘conversations’ with a baby when they can’t respond have on CLA?

Answer 7

It introduces child to one of basic skills of conversation: turn-taking.

Question 8

What tendencies of speech do fathers show to child?

Answer 8

Use wider range of vocabulary
Ask more direct questions
Interact more intensely, playing dramatically…
Be less likely to understand baby’s vocalisations