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A Case Study On Care-Givers’ Language Variation
(Proceedings of the Undergraduate Research Symposium (HUG 2018), Department of English Language Teaching, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018) Jayathissa, D.
The language used by the care-givers varies from one another and this variation affects on baby’s response towards each care-giver. Hence caregivers’ language variation directly effects on baby’s language acquisition in early childhood. Child care-givers’ interactions play a crucial role in child’s first language acquisition and early childhood development. This case study focuses on a nine months old baby who is in her preverbal babbling stage. Observations on baby’s interactions with the care-givers and collecting authentic speech samples of their interactions and baby’s response toward each care-giver were studied for three months. Results of this study manifested that the language used by each caregiver varies from one another and this variation makes a huge impact on baby’s responds as well. As this study only focuses on preverbal babbling stage, how this language variation influences on baby’s each stage of development would be a promising area for future studies.