Expressive vocabulary development of 5 to 5.11 years old typically developing Bangla speaking children

Abstract

Executive Summary Introduction Language is the main tool of communication. By using Language we can express our ideas, share, and feelings with another people in everyday aspects. Language development is very important and complex development for children which begins at birth and continues throughout life. Vocabulary development begins in infancy. Vocabulary development is an important early language skill. According to Hao (2008), early vocabulary development is a dependable predictor of children’s later language skills. Different countries have different language, so the vocabulary skill may be different according to culture, gender of the children, birth order, family history (Nelson et al 2006). An expressive vocabulary are facilitate to communicate with others, help to find out new things and also helps to develop later language skills. Objective The main objective of the study was to find out the Expressive Vocabulary Development of 5 to 5.11 years old Typically Developing Bangla Speaking Children and the specific objective of the study was to find out the mean of expressive vocabulary (noun, verbs, grammar) of 5 to 5.5 years; 5.5 to 5.11 years for typically developing children. To find out difference of expressive vocabulary development across and within the above 2 age groups and to find out differences of expressive vocabulary development between male and female. Methodology The design of the study was cross sectional. In this study total participants was 48 and their age range was (5 to 5.11 years) old child. Age group was divided into 2 groups where there were 24 participants in each age group. Among 24 children 12 children were first born child and 12 children were 2nd born child. In this study sample were selected

using convenience sampling methods. Investigator used RAPT (Renfrew Action Picture Test) for collecting the data. Data was analyzed by descriptive statistics. Results In this study the size of expressive vocabulary differed significantly between the two age groups. A significant gender difference in number of expressed words was found where Nouns were most frequently used by the two age group children than verb and grammar. Conclusion Vocabulary is one of the important aspects of language. It is important to know child’s vocabulary development to identify the language delay or disorder. This study found that the gender is one of the risk aspects in child’s Vocabulary development.