Introduction
Language behavior defines how humans develop verbal communication. Language is acquired like any other skill and is gained from the surroundings and reinforced by responses. Babies achieve philological milestones by showing understanding and producing various sounds.
Discussion
Dialectal indicators successfully mark the development of a child through different stages. Children are both receptive and can express themselves via speech. It is crucial to remember that toddlers master these skills at different ages; therefore, caregivers should look for evidence of increasing mastery and growth of vocabulary. As they grow, they should increasingly be able to recognize as the parents read or play with them.
Language milestones demonstrated in the video include gestures whereby the girl talking shows a lot of gesticulations with words trying to get the meaning across to the adults. The child also signifies listening skills because the talk involves her trying to understand what the caregivers are asking and then responding with many words (Mirnezami). The video also shows babbling, where the baby makes various sounds to express her pleasure and discontentment (Mirnezami). The girl is using her eyes and body movement, responding to the direction in which the questions are coming.
Conclusion
The theory described in the video of the talkative girl is Skinner, the operant conditioning. B.F. Skinner argues that children learn functionally using words. Language is developed by motivating operations, responses, discriminative stimuli, and reinforcing spurs (Visser-Bochane et al. 425). Humans acquire knowledge through imitating others, prompting, and being influential. Children feel proud of what they learn and enjoy pronouncing new words. Talking to them often while they are still younger than six months helps them in achieving their verbal milestones successfully.
Works Cited
Mirnezami Hessam, “Baby Talk, Bla Bla Bla!!!!” YouTube, 2010, Web.
Visser-Bochane, Margot I., Et Al. “Identifying Milestones in Language Development for Young Children Ages 1 To 6 Years.” Academic Pediatrics, vol. 20, no. 3, 2020, pp. 421-429.