Video Observation Discussion
We have learned in Chapters 5 and 6 that we are able to understand where children's
language development stages by observing their processes and interactions. Preview the
three videos listed below from Chapter 6 of your text, which are focused on children’s
language interactions. The children shown are in various stages of language
development. Choose one of the three videos to conduct an observation and identify the
child's language development stage.
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Precursors to Language, retrieved from Section 6.1 of your text.
Babbling, retrieved from Section 6.2 of your text.
Assessing Cognitive and Language Development, retrieved from the Conclusion
section in Chapter 6 of your text.
Write your observations of the child, which should support your conclusion of
developmental stage. Support your responses with the evidence from the textbook.
The subject line of your discussion should be the title of the video that you watched. Be
sure to include a minimum of a 250-word response using your observations and a
minimum of one source to support your claims. Your reference(s) should appear at the end
of your discussion and be formatted according to APA.
The children in the second video which is found in chapter section 6.2 of the reading are
between the ages of 6 months and 1 year and are in the stage of language development that
is considered the babbling stage. Babbling is looked at as the "dress rehearsal" of language
and serves 2 functions for the child. One function is the practice for later speech by
allowing them practice using the articulatory system which is used for speaking and mainly
the tongue, mouth, and lips. Secondly it is a social reward because it helps them with
getting other attentions and getting involved in conversations even though we as adults do
not understand it we do respond in a conversation form to children's babbling. When it
comes to the 3 babies in the video found in chapter section 6.2 each child is at a different
phase of the babbling stage. The 2nd baby a young girl is at the very beginning of the stage
where it is difficult to hear syllables or utterances but she is using her voice and trying to
figure out how to make words. The 1st baby Alex is at the point where he is able to
verbalize different syllables in a repetitive way such as "be be, di di, and ye ye". In Alex's
head these words could and could not possibly relate to a specific object or person, the
parents and care givers would be able to identify word relation by speeding time observing
and interacting with the child (PBS). The 3rd baby I believes is the furthest along in the
babbling stage and possibly even beginning to extend into to the next where the children
first words are spoken. This child has began vocalizing syllables in a way that sound like
words or even short sentences such as "hello mama".
Babbling is pretty much the same all around the world (Piper, 2012) and this can be seen in
this video also by listening to the 3 different parents. Baby number 1 Alex's in being raised
in an English speaking home, the 2nd baby could possibly be being raised in a bilingual
home. This could be taken into consideration because of the women's accent that is
speaking to the little girl. The 3 rd children child is being raised in a Chinese home and
could also be possibly a bilingual home. But when you listen to the 3 children speak it
would not be easy to identify the language spoken because they are all so similar.
PBS. (n.d.). Baby Talking Milestones. Retrieved from
http://www.pbs.org/parents/education/reading-language/reading-milestones/babylanguage-development-milestones/baby-talking/
Piper, T. (2012). Making Meaning, Making Sense: Children’s Early Language Learning. San
Diego, CA: Bridgepoint Education, Inc.