COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT in INFANCY

Language Development During Infancy

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Introduction

When a child is born , various developments begin to take place that continue through adolescence and all the way to adulthood . While a child develops in all areas , cognitive development takes place alongside other forms of development . It refers to development in terms of perception and reasoning , language development , information processing intelligence and other areas of brain development . Since all these areas of cognitive development have been extensively studied by different psychologists , this shall narrow down

to language development . In addition , it shall explain the issue of language development at different stages during infancy and the factors that can facilitate and hinder the whole process

Language Development During Infancy

During the process of brain development in children , the ability to comprehend , communicate and produce spoken language develops . This process takes place as infants use their sight and hearing senses to acquire information from the surrounding and learn to process meaning of that information . They use their own senses to imitate the sounds from their environment and end up creating their own sounds so as to communicate . Language development is a normal process in children and takes place effectively if the brain is normal and the senses are functioning properly (Oswalt , 2007

Since language development is greatly influenced by the environment , it is very important to have babies exposed to people who are communicating to help them develop language efficiently and effectively . Due to this care takers and the parents...