Describe, in detail, the process of language acquisition beginning in the first months of life and extending to the age of 2 years

What will be an ideal response?

Answer: A good answer will include the following key points.
• During the first few months, infants can only cry and coo, but they respond to emotions and rhythms in voices.
• By 4 to 6 months, infants begin to recognize key vowel and consonant sounds in their native language.
• Between 6 months and 1 year, they show increasing familiarity with the sound structure of their native language and can distinguish words from the flow of speech.
• Babbling begins with the production of repeated syllables (e.g., ba-ba).
• At 7 months, they can remember words they have heard, and by 10 months, they can recognize the same word when it is spoken by different people.
• By the end of the first year, they begin to name familiar objects and use symbolic gestures.
• Between 18 and 24 months, they begin to speak in two- and three-word sentences using telegraphic speech.