In this article, we delve into how babies learn to speak, starting from their first babble to their first word. We discuss the insights of Professor Julian Pine from Liverpool University, and highlight some interesting baby talk errors. Stay tuned for a fun quiz and some new vocabulary to enrich your English.
Today’s movie
6 Minute English from BBC Learning English
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lNbOH-cvl8
Listening Quiz
Let’s check your understanding of the content with a quick quiz. Choose the correct answers from the given options.
Q1: At what age do babies start to make babbling noises?
Q2: What is the first thing babies do in their language development?
Q3: Why do babies make errors like calling a giraffe a ‘raffe’?
Q4: What does ‘ambiguous’ mean?
Q5: What does it mean to ‘take it for granted’?
Vocabulary
Let’s learn some new words that we’ve encountered in the video. Here are their definitions and examples of use.
The baby’s babble eventually turned into recognizable words.
In English, words often begin with a stressed syllable.
One common error that babies make is leaving off the unstressed syllable in words.
Ants are a classic example of animals working together.
The link between the word ‘apple’ and the object can be ambiguous for a baby.
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