To encourage your child's language development, parents need to stay quiet and let their child initiate conversation, according to a recent study from the University of Sydney. Dr Susan Colmar conducted a four-month study with 15 children between the ages of three and five.
Using picture books as an aid, she found her reading programme resulted in an 11-fold improvement in the verbal language skills of her subjects. "It is evident that parents and preschool teachers talk far too much when talking with children," she said. "Just like in a normal social situation, if you are talking to someone and they don't talk back, you tend to talk too much. It's the same with kids." Follow her easy tips:
•Use picture books with interesting storylines and about two lines per page.
•When opening the page, don't rush into reading. Pause first, let your child look at the page and let them talk first.
•Encourage their chosen topic with open-ended questions like "why" and "how" that require more than just one-word answers.
(frm Readers' Digest)
2 comments:
eh..bukan budak2 dpt vocab from what they heard ker..sebab tu mak bapak kena cakap bnyk dan cakap benda2 yg elok.tak gitu sis?
tulah....maybe nie theory baru...kalau ikut kita...cakap jer apa2 jer yg kita nak cakap...becos they pick up words from us.
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