is the stage of vocalizations, and continues up to 11-12 months of life. The linguistic period is the time when the child begins to speak his/her first words, with comprehension and intentional communication gaining considerable momentum. Over time, the child progresses to complexity of expression. This process is continuous and develops in an orderly and sequential fashion. By the age of 5 years, the child shows substantive linguistic development and appreciable proficiency in basic grammar and all speech sounds 3-6. Given that much of the language acquisition and development process occurs in the setting of institutions of early childhood education, it is important that schools provide children with conditions that facilitate and encourage their use of language as much as their physical, motor, cognitive, emotional and social-environmental development. The school is a privileged setting for language acquisition and development as it offers children one of their most important communicative environments. It also
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