Learning through baby talk

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From within the womb, a baby is trying to communicate by kicking and punching, usually in response to a tummy rub or a loud noise. After birth, he or she learns to listen and speak from baby talk, which is also referred to as parentese, motherese or caregiver speech.

   Parents shorten or simplify word, usually one- or two-syllable words, to make it easier for babies to understand. Babies gradually come to know the meanings of some words they cannot yet utter.

   For babies to make sense of their surroundings, parents take the trouble to teach the infants who the adults are and what they need by making gestures and using simple words. The parents and caregivers may slur some words and concoct words for easier understanding. They show or mention things such as the bed, bottle, pacifier and diaper.

    A fair number of baby talk and nursery words refer to bodily  parts and essential items such as the mouth, noose, water and milk . At that stage, it is too early for babies to speak correctly or learn grammar. Without their knowledge, they are learning nouns minus the alphabet.  

   For communication, babies are first introduced to words such as papa, mama, milk, nana (grandmother), paci (pacifier), poo-poo (defecation), wawa  (water) and yum-yum  (eating time).

   Language is a two-way flow. In the first year, babies communicate through crying. When parents respond, they realize that their needs will be met. Later they coo and look at their parents, and the parents coo back and smile. They slowly learn to communicate when their parents chat with them through baby talk.

    

Learning nouns and adjectives


   Other parents help their babies to develop language skills by reading stories, singing and talking to them. As the babies start to make sounds, the parents repeat key words such as   kitty (kitten) and bubby (brother). Gradually, the babies learn to understand what the words imply. They pick up simple nouns and adjectives.

    Reading actually helps children to develop English skills – from pronunciation and spelling to vocabulary and comprehension. It is an asset for pre-school kids to acquire the foundation of English but few parents encourage them to do it. Parents also do not spend time to read storybooks before their children fall asleep.

    Through reading, children come to know what nouns, adjectives and verbs are. They also improve our general knowledge as we are introduced to culture, history and geography.

        

    For some older students, it may be an insult to their intelligence to explain what nouns are. They are however advised to look up their dictionaries for the meanings and spellings of many words – at least 50,000 of them.

   While language acquisition by babies starts with babbling, students and working adults should have a good grasp of nouns, one of the English parts of speech.