We know that comprehension is the ultimate goal of reading. The significance of vocabulary building must not be overestimated. Knowledge of synonymy, antonymy and metonymy improves all areas of communication — listening, speaking, reading and writing (LSRW).
Vocabulary is critical to a child’s success and good communication
- Vocabulary growth is directly related to a child’s achievement.
- The size of a child’s vocabulary in kindergarten predicts the ability to learn to read and write.
- Vocabulary helps children to think and learn about the world.
- Empowering a child’s knowledge of words provides wonderful access to new information.
A rigorous study on empowerment of vocabulary and language development conducted at the Graduate School of Education at Harvard revealed the ideas of quantity versus quality of speech used with infants and toddlers.
At an early age (between 12 and 24 months), the amount of language used by parents does matter a lot in their communication and personality development. Parents and other caregivers must speak to the child all the time and provide consistent word models in the form of a child’s speech.
Children need to hear words modeled/expressed many times before they will begin to use the words, so the more frequently they are exposed to words, the better the likelihood that they will gain that word in their vocabulary.
It is recommended that between 2-3 years caregivers begin to use different words, with greater variety to expand vocabulary skills in the child.
In this post I let you tune with a variety of sounds that come out from our vocal cavity and people don’t like at all.
Unwanted Sounds Come From Your Vocal Cavity
Belch: If someone belches, they make a sudden noise in their throat because air has risen up from their stomach.
Ex. Monica covered her mouth with her hanky and belched discreetly on the dining table.
Burp: When someone burps, they make a noise because the air from their stomach has been forced up through their throat.
Ex. Rakesh burped loudly in the classroom, all the students burst out at him.
Yawn: If you yawn, you open your mouth very wide and breathe in more air than usual, often when you are tired or when you are not interested in something.
Ex. When the school principal was delivering her speech many students were getting bore and yawning in the hall.
Emit: to give voice to; utter
Ex. My niece emitted a shrill scream when I took her toys.
Erupt: Someone erupts when they suddenly have a change in mood, usually becoming quite noisy. Similar to violence and outbreak.
Ex. Her aunt had erupted when a green vendor gave him a stale vegetable, unknowingly.
Hiccups: When you have hiccups, you make repeated sharp sounds in your throat, often because you have been eating or drinking too quickly
Cough: To force air out of your lungs through your throat with a short, loud sound.
Ex. Her old mother is having dry cough though he didn’t consult any doctor.
Ex. When I was having fish I started hiccuping , instantly my mother offered a glass of water.
Vomit: If you vomit, food and drink come back up from your stomach and out through your mouth.
Example : She vomited up all that she had just taken.
Spit: Spit is the watery liquid produced in your mouth. You usually use spit to refer to an amount of it that has been forced out of someone’s mouth.
Ex. To spit here is strictly prohibited, you may be fined a thick amount.
Snort: When people or animals snort, they breathe air noisily out through their noses. People sometimes snort in order to express disapproval or amusement.
Ex. Harris snorted with laughter among his friends.
Shriek: When someone shrieks, they make a short, very loud cry.
Ex. She shrieked when she saw a lizard in the kitchen.
Chew: When you chew food, you use your teeth to break it up in your mouth so that it becomes easier to swallow.
Ex.The old man forbade the child who was chewing nearby.