Scale of Comprehensive Language Development
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ScribdTranslationsCOMPREHENSIVE LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT SCALE
0 to 1 year
Respond to the speaker with your gaze.
Responds to the different nuances of the speaker (for example, a familiar voice or one that is not)
familiar, masculine or feminine.
Recognizes the direction of the sound.
Respond with gestures to "hello", "goodbye" or "up" when these words are accompanied by
appropriate manners.
Obey the word 'No' (when said with the appropriate gesture and tone).
1 to 2 years
Respond correctly to 'where?' when the question is accompanied by the appropriate gesture.
Understand the meaning of the prepositions over, in, under.
He/she pays attention when asked to bring a familiar object from another room.
Understand simple sentences with key words (for example: 'close the door', 'bring the ball').
Respond to two simple but related commands.
Point to body parts.
He/She has echolalias. (Echolalia is a constant state in the evolution of normal language. It is a
a kind of self-language without communicative character. It is likely that in a normal child, this stage
contribute to self-learning of the language.
2 to 3 years:
He/she points to drawings of those objects in his/her surrounding medium when they are named.
Identify objects when their use is mentioned.
- Understands questions beginning with 'what' and 'where'. Understands negatives 'no', 'I can't' or 'not
you do it.
Enjoy listening to simple stories and ask for them to be repeated.
Handles the contents of:
a) Existencia: "este", "plato", "¿qué es esto?
Attention: 'look at what is here'
E. Interno
E. External: "it's dark."
E. of Temporary Possession: 'Katy has pants' (showing her pants).
The dog is fat.
The acquisition of inner language begins.
3 to 4 years:
Understand what the expression 'let's suppose that...' means.
- Manages the contents of:
a) Coordination: (Pedro and Luis sitting on the floor) "I am sitting here and you can
Sit here.
b) Possession: "Mom's vest" or "The baby's vest".
The training of the inner language continues.
Epistemic: 'I know how to take that.'
Attribution: "Round" in round ball.
Pepe takes the bike
g) Quantity: /s/ or /es/ "Many cars"
h) Acción Locativa: "El niño pone el libro en la mesa", "La paloma voló afuera".
The car is on the chair.
j) Dativo: "Abre la puerta al papá", "El me da la pelota".
k) Causality: "Do not touch that machine because it will break."
l) Specifier: 'I want that brush,' 'put that in the box.'
Continue the formation of the inner language.
4 to 5 years:
Obey three unrelated commands in the proper order.
Understand comparative adjectives like 'pretty, prettier than, and the prettiest'.
He listens to long stories, but often misinterprets the facts.
Incorporate verbal commands into recreational activities.
Understands the sequential order of events when they are mentioned (for example: 'First'
We have to go shopping, then we have to make the cake, and tomorrow we will eat it.
5 to 6 years old:
Demonstrates pre-literacy skills.
The past progressive tense is established ("he is walking", "I am eating"), the verb "to go" + endo (I ...
I am eating and I ate.
about affirmative imperatives and interrogatives.
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Daniel A. Silva T.
Speech therapist
University of Chile
