In life, people often see such a scene: if a child begins to learn to speak very early, parents will happily praise the child for his cleverness and early wisdom; If children start to learn to speak late, parents will comfort themselves by saying, "A noble person speaks late". Even Einstein didn't speak until he was three. However, did Einstein, the most famous "late speaker" in history, really speak at the age of three?
Recently, some foreign scholars questioned Einstein's statement that he didn't speak until he was three years old. In the library of Hebrew University in Jerusalem, there is a document quoted by many professional journals-a rumor about Einstein's low intelligence level as a child. As mentioned in the article, Einstein did say that when he was a child, his parents thought he spoke late, so he consulted a doctor. But Einstein can say a whole sentence at the age of three. His language problem may be more because he was always silent and always repeated his words softly before he was seven. Therefore, parents take Einstein's example to comfort their children, saying that children learn to speak late is misleading.
Parents should not be misled by "late talk"
Associate Professor Yi Jin from the Department of Education of Beijing Normal University, who specializes in language development and education research for preschool children, told the author: "Under normal circumstances, when a baby is around 65,438+0 years old, he will say something in general meaning that others can understand. The folk saying is that the child has already said it. When to start talking, the individual differences are very large. "
According to "Developmental Psychology" edited by Professor Lin Chongde, an educational psychologist, the time of infant speech occurrence is basically between 10 ~ 14 months. From this perspective, if the child has not "spoken" after 14 months, parents should pay more attention to his language development and related listening, and seek help from professional institutions such as hospitals if necessary.
"Speaking late" has two meanings: on the one hand, it means that children "speak late"; On the other hand, it means "slow language". Yi Jin explained that children don't necessarily speak late, but they may speak hesitatingly or rarely for a long time after they start speaking, which makes their language "slow" compared with their peers. Children's "language delay" may be due to both ability and personality. Parents should "prescribe the right medicine" when interfering with their children's language development.