What are the factors that affect children’s language development

Language development is influenced by a variety of factors, including genetics, age, environmental factors, and educational factors. The interaction of various influencing factors leads to the impairment of children's language development.

The most important factors that affect children’s language development are:

envirnmental factor

It mainly includes the educational level of the parents, the occupation of the parents, the educational level and language of the caregiver, and the family economic status. The development of language is related to the amount of information stimulation provided by the environment. Children who receive more stimulation from external information will develop faster than other children.

age factor

Language learning is clearly affected by age. Age is the most important factor affecting vocabulary development. At the same time, age is also an important factor affecting the development of grammar. With the increase of age, various phrase structures gradually appear.

educational factor

Family education plays a huge role in children’s early language development. Parents often read parenting books, and children’s language development is better than other children. Kindergarten education has an irreplaceable effect for families. Cooperative games can provide a medium for practicing and improving language skills. Children can promote their own language development through mutual contact and learning in the game.

In addition, these factors also affect the language development of young children to a certain extent.

organ factor

If a child has brain underdevelopment, brain injury or congenital disorder during the growth stage, language development will inevitably be delayed.

health problems

Children who are physically thin or chronically ill may not develop as smoothly as healthy children because of reduced opportunities for play and lack of learning experience.

learning ability

Some young children develop language earlier and better because of their keen learning and imitation abilities; otherwise, language development is prone to deviations and delays.

gender difference

In general, girls’ language development starts earlier than boys, and their oral expression skills are also better. However, after entering primary school, gender differences will be reduced, and there is no signi