SPEECH:

Its Nature
and
Importance
Here starts the
lesson!
Have you imagined how
the world would go
without speech?
Are you aware that you
are spending most of
your waking hours
talking?
 Speech is well-worth careful study because we depend on it so
heavily for our communication with others. The development of human
civilization owes it to a great extent, to man’s ability to share
experiences, to exchange ideas, and to transmit knowledge from one
generation to another.

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  Oral communication, a
communication through talking or a
SPEECH talk given to an audience.

 The ability to express one’s thoughts

SPEEC
and emotions by articulated sounds
and gesture.

 A form of communication in spoken

language, made by a speaker before

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an audience for a given purpose.
  For deaf people, a gestural form of
SPEECH human communication exists in the
form of sign language.

 Speech in addition to its use in

SPEEC
communication, is internally used by
mental processes to enhance and
organize cognition in the form of an
interior monologue, it is suggested by
some psychologists such as Vygotsky.

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DEVELOPMENT OF

SPEECH STAGES
DEVELOPMENT OF SPEECH STAGES
Up to 3 months
Speech Sounds & Talk

 Frequently cries especially when uncomfortable - Makes

vocal sounds, e.g., cooing, gurgling
 3 - 6 months
Speech Sounds & Talk

 Makes vocal noises to get attention

 Makes sounds back when talked to

 Laughs during play

 Babbles to self
6 - 12 months
Speech Sounds & Talk

 Uses speech sounds (babbling) to communicate with adults; says sounds

like ’ba-ba, no-no, go-go

 Uses gestures such as waving and pointing to help communicate

12 - 15 months
Speech Sounds & Talk

 Says around 10 single words, although these may not be

clear

• Reaches or points to something they want whilst making

speech sounds
15 - 18 months
Speech Sounds & Talk

 Still babbles but uses at least 20 single words correctly, although may
not be clear

 Copies gestures and words from adults

 Constant babbling and single words used during play

 Uses intonation, pitch and changing volume when ‘talking’

18 - 2 years
Speech Sounds & Talk

 Uses up to 50 words

 Begins to put two or three words together

 Frequently asks questions, e.g., the names of people /

objects
2 - 3 years
Speech Sounds & Talk

 Uses 300 words including descriptive language

 Links four to five words together

 Uses pronouns (me, him, she) plurals & prepositions (in, on,
under)

 Has problems with speech sounds: l / r / w / y / f / th / s / sh / ch /

3- 4 years
Speech Sounds & Talk

 Uses sentences of four to six words

 Uses future and past tense (ed)

 Able to recall and enjoys telling long stories /singing songs

 Has problems saying r, j, ch and sh

4 - 5 years
Speech Sounds

 Uses well-formed sentences e.g. ‘I played with Ben at lunch & Talk time’
but there may still be some grammatical errors

 Easily understood with only a few immaturities in sounds, e.g., ‘th’, ‘r’
& 3 consonant
 2 MAJOR

TYPES OF SPEECH
 TWO MAJOR TYPES OF SPEECH

Spoken Speech

 Means understanding the spoken words & expressing ideas in

speech.

Written Speech

 Means understanding written words & expressing ideas in

writing.
 Reference
https://nanopdf.com/download/file-5af558701bfaa
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https://omniglot.com/writing/writingvspeech.htm#:
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https://www.tameside.gov.uk/ChildrenSocialCare/S
tages-of-Speech-and-Language-Development
Presented by:
Cherry Lee Cabingan
(BSE-3)
Thank
You!
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