Language Progress

[joyeuse13]

Another thing the doctor asked about at Z's checkup was his vocabulary. She seemed a little concerned that he wasn't talking much yet, saying that most children his age have 10-50 words. 50? That sounds like a lot to me. Z has about 10, if you count the signs (which the doctor did). For the record, they are

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[ruleroftheweird]

I assume the doctor knows you're raising him bilingual?

I don't think 50 is that off - I had about 50 full or partial words at his age, but my pronunciation was slow to catch up, to the point that I went through speech therapy to fix it. Everyone's different. It doesn't seem like he's outside typical range, and his range is much wider (sign, French) than most.

(And he's super cute :)

[joyeuse13]

Yeah, I did mention it. It is normal for children raised bilingually to be a little delayed, so I'm not worried.

[toraks]

Doesn't sound too delayed to me

[joyeuse13]

You're allowed to ramble about Sean, that's your prerogative. Have I mentioned how sweet and cute Z is? ;)

I don't put a hard /k/ at the end of "blanc" either--just stop the nasal a bit more abruptly.

[toraks]

Thanks for not minding my ramble! :-)

And yeah, Sean says the teacher said it with the hard k, Tom doesn't, which I think is correct. But Sean wasn't buying it.

and definitely Z is cute and sweet! ;-p

Progress?

[zudaru]

Does the doctor consider both languages when assessing vocabulary? If he knows the word for cat in french but not English does it count?

Re: Progress?

[joyeuse13]

Yes, but she was talking about productive vocabulary. Z doesn't say any words in French yet, he just understands them.