{"id":436,"date":"2017-07-03T20:53:59","date_gmt":"2017-07-03T20:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/babysparks.com\/?p=436"},"modified":"2020-09-04T08:48:25","modified_gmt":"2020-09-04T16:48:25","slug":"babble-back-how-meaningful-responses-to-babbling-boost-language-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/babysparks.com\/2017\/07\/03\/babble-back-how-meaningful-responses-to-babbling-boost-language-skills\/","title":{"rendered":"Babble Back: How Meaningful Responses to Babbling Boost Language Skills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2671 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/babysparks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/20109a-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babysparks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/20109a-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babysparks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/20109a-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/babysparks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/20109a.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>You\u2019ll have your first conversation with your baby long before her first word.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/babysparks.com\/2017\/07\/03\/the-evolution-of-babbling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Babbling (opens in a new tab)\">Babbling<\/a> starts around 5 months, and research shows that responding to your baby\u2019s babbling in a meaningful way can boost her language development.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<table>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>\r\n<p><b><i>Highlights:\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Research shows that responding to babbling in meaningful ways can boost language development.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When caregivers respond to babbling (either with babbling or actual words) they\u2019re exposing babies to three main areas of language:\u00a0<\/span>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Receptive Language: understanding language communicated to us.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Expressive Language: using language to communicate to others.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pragmatic Language: using language to navigate social situations.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Experts define \u2018meaningful responses\u2019 as listening, trying to determine what babies are attempting to say, and using nonverbal cues like facial expressions and eye contact.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Purposeful responses can encourage back-and-forth communication, provide meaning to words, and build nonverbal language skills.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Language is So Much More Than Words<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p>When we think of language development, babies saying first words comes to mind. Speech, though, is just one aspect of language, which encompasses three main areas:\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p><em>Receptive Language:<\/em> Understanding language that communicates thoughts, feelings, ideas or concepts.<\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p><em>Expressive Language:\u00a0<\/em>Using language to communicate thoughts, feelings, ideas or concepts.<\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p><em>Pragmatic Language:\u00a0<\/em>Using language to navigate social situations, including nonverbal cues.<\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p>When you respond to your baby\u2019s babbling (whether with babbling or actual words) in a meaningful way, you expose her to all three areas of language. You can have full conversations\u2014complete with varying tones of voice, facial expressions, and gestures\u2014long before she says her first word!<\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>What is a \u2018Meaningful\u2019 Response?<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/now.uiowa.edu\/2014\/08\/parents-listen-next-time-your-baby-babbles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Researchers at The University of Iowa (opens in a new tab)\">Researchers at The University of Iowa<\/a> found that in order to reap the language-boosting benefits of responding to your baby\u2019s babbles, your responses must be thoughtful: Listening, trying to figure out what she\u2019s communicating, labeling, elaborating and using nonverbal cues like eye contact, facial expressions and gestures.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p>Here are some of the ways meaningful responses to your baby\u2019s babbling can maximize her language learning:\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p><strong><em>Encourages Back-and-Forth Communication<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p>Speech-language pathologist, Mandy Alvarez, highlights that responding to your baby\u2019s babbling reinforces the reciprocal nature of communication.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p>\u201cWhen your baby says\u00a0<em>ba\u00a0<\/em>and you say\u00a0<em>ba\u00a0<\/em>back, she thinks,\u00a0<em>I did that! I made her say ba!<\/em>\u201d says Alvarez. \u201cShe learns that she has the power to initiate communication and elicit a response.\u201d This is motivating for her, and she\u2019ll likely keep going as long as you keep responding. Keeping her talking is great for her speech development, because she gets a lot of practice experimenting with new speech sounds.<\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p>An additional benefit of back-and-forth communication is that it introduces your baby to pragmatic language skills like eye contact, turn-taking and listening.<\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p><strong><em>Gives Meaning to Words<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p>If your baby looks at her cup and babbles, a meaningful response might be:\u00a0<em>That\u2019s your cup. Are you thirsty? Here you go! You can drink. Mmm.\u201d\u00a0<\/em>Figuring out what she\u2019s \u201ctalking\u201d about and building on that teaches her that words have meaning and can be used together to express something.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p>Labeling and elaborating in this way helps build your baby\u2019s vocabulary. Because receptive language develops before expressive language, she will understand many words before she is able to say one.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p><strong><em>Builds Nonverbal Language Skills<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p>Nonverbal language is an enormous part of human interaction. Tone of voice, facial expression, body position, and gestures all communicate much more than the words we say. For instance, the word\u00a0<em>hello\u00a0<\/em>means something completely different if you say it with a smile while leaning in than if you say it with a straight face and stiff body.<\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p>Engaging responses to babbling teach your baby that non-verbal cues have meaning (Mom\u2019s making eye contact, that means she\u2019s listening; Mom\u2019s smiling, that means I should keep going). You will notice her mimic and eventually use nonverbal language herself.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p>Alvarez emphasizes that learning how to read and use nonverbal language is one of the key elements of social communication, or being able to relate to others and navigate the complex nuances of social interactions.<\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p>In addition to teaching your baby invaluable language skills, your\u00a0responsiveness to her babbling also helps <a href=\"https:\/\/babysparks.com\/2017\/06\/04\/serve-return-brain-shaping-back-and-forth-with-your-baby\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"optimize her brain development (opens in a new tab)\">optimize her brain development<\/a>. Repeating\u00a0<em>ba\u00a0<\/em>or going on and on about the cat she sees out the window are powerful tools in your parent toolbox!\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You\u2019ll have your first conversation with your baby long before her first word.\u00a0Babbling starts around 5 months, and research shows that responding to your baby\u2019s babbling in a meaningful way<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":437,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[29,33,58,59],"age":[64,65,66,67],"class_list":["post-436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-speech","tag-language","tag-speech","tag-babbling","tag-first-words","age-0-3-months","age-4-6-months","age-7-9-months","age-10-12-months"],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"2.12.2","language":"en","enabled_languages":["en","es"],"languages":{"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"es":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false}}},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.2 (Yoast SEO v25.2) - 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