Experts from the University of North Carolina in the United States surveyed 92 families. Parents of young children in these families have stable jobs and their children are between 2 and 3 years old. The content of the survey is to determine how much of the vocabulary mastered by these young children comes from their mothers and how much comes from their fathers. The survey results show that although mothers communicate with their children more often than fathers in daily life, children learn more vocabulary by imitating father's words. Research has also shown that the more vocabulary a child masters through his father, the faster his language ability develops. American experts believe that children have very limited abilities when they first learn a language, and the vocabulary provided by their mothers greatly exceeds their ability to imitate, which causes the children to turn their imitating objects to their fathers. However, experts say that mothers play a leading role in language learning for children over 3 years old.
Mothers are generally considered to play a key role in children’s language training. However, a study shows that fathers play a greater role than mothers in the process of children’s initial acquisition of language skills. This may be because mothers speak too much. .
In dual-career families, fathers play an important role in the development of children’s early language skills. A new study found that when a child is two years old, if the father’s vocabulary is richer and changes more, the child will acquire better language skills at the age of 3. Studies have found that mothers’ vocabulary has no significant effect on children’s language ability, and that father’s role can better predict children’s language ability at the age of 3. The reason for this difference may be related to the different communication habits of parents with their children. For example, father likes to play games with children, while mother likes to instruct.
Early childhood is a very important and critical period of language development. Dad plays an extremely important role in the child's language development. A child’s language development level is closely related to the time and quality of the relationship between the father and the child, and the quality of the relationship is particularly important. When getting along with children, fathers should actively communicate with children. Whether it is joint sports activities, fine activities of playing with toys, language games that respond to each other, etc., it will bring new experiences to children and promote the further development of their language. Fathers should use their leisure time to take their children to parks, suburbs, museums and other places. While enjoying family affection, they also bring new opportunities for children's movement, language, cognition and emotional development.
Dads must enrich their children’s lives and create a good and relaxed atmosphere for their conversations; in daily conversations and in the family, they must always pay attention to developing their children’s language skills. It is necessary to create conditions for children based on the characteristics of children's intuitive perception, so that children can see more, listen more, speak more, and practice more.
Lead the children to observe directly in a planned way, and create more conditions for the children. Use intuitive and visual methods to arouse children's interest in learning. Picture books are spiritual food for children and a form of literature that children love. It has vivid and lovely images, bright and beautiful colors, and is very popular among young children. If you want to play the role of books, you also need specific guidance from your father. Although the child does not know a word, he can see the content in the picture and tell according to the content of the picture. This not only enriches the child's knowledge, but also develops the child's language expression ability.
Actively create a listening environment for children. It can be diverse, such as listening to recorded stories to children, listening to stories from you. Cultivate children's good listening habits, requiring children to be able to listen, understand, listen carefully, and not interrupt others. This is also a manifestation of civilized habits.
In daily life, dad should use all the opportunities when he comes into contact with the child to talk and build up feelings in the conversation, so that he is unfettered and willing to talk with you more. When the child's language is inappropriate, the father should correct it in time. The task of developing children's language expression ability is mainly to cultivate children's correct pronunciation, clear words, enrich children's vocabulary, and use them correctly. Teach children to speak according to the rules of Chinese grammar. These contents must be learned and mastered in language practice. This requires children to practice more, practice repeatedly, and gradually master. Provide children with more opportunities to practice and create an environment for more practice. If the child’s pronunciation is inaccurate, the father should correct it and practice in time, so that the child can master it quickly and speak well. Only when children really learn to speak and express their wishes in correct sentences can they interact with others freely.
Dad should also pay attention to cultivating children's interests in many aspects, so that he knows that there are many things that are not clear and unknown in the vast nature, and inspire children's desire for knowledge. Guide the child to observe carefully, analyze and think carefully, expand and deepen the knowledge and understanding of the surrounding things, and develop the child's language expression ability.