Physiologically speaking, if the child's hearing itself has problems or the pronunciation organs are abnormal, it will lead to abnormal pronunciation. For example, if a child has abnormal conditions such as short tongue, cleft lip and palate, there will be abnormal airflow and difficulty in vocal coordination, which will affect pronunciation; If a child has hearing impairment, it will also affect the development of language. If the child is autistic or mentally retarded, he may not be able to speak.
However, most children refuse to talk because of their family environment. Some parents often say things that children can't say. Over time, children get used to listening and don't want to talk. There are also a few parents who force their children to speak, or make their children's pronunciation not a joke, which unintentionally hurts their self-esteem, so they become unwilling to speak.
In addition, children listen to dialects from birth, and the Mandarin spoken by adults around them is not standard, so children may not pronounce it correctly when learning Mandarin.
Blindly cutting the "tongue tendon" hurts and hurts.
Many parents think that children don't talk or talk late because the tongue strap is too short. Tongue frenum is commonly known as lingual tendon. When we lift our tongue with our mouth open, we can see that there is a small frenulum between our tongue and the bottom of our mouth, called lingual frenulum. The normal "tongue strap" can make the tongue move freely, and the tip of the tongue can naturally extend out of the mouth or lick up to the palate. In the neonatal period, the "lingual frenum" extends to or near the tip of the tongue. During the development of the tongue, the lingual frenulum gradually recedes to the base of the tongue, and the tip of the tongue gradually moves away from the lingual frenulum.
For many years, there has been a folk view that "the tongue strap is too short and the child speaks early". The reporter learned from several hospitals that parents often come with their children and ask for surgery to cut off the "tongue belt". Most children are between one and a half and three years old.
Experts say that this is actually a big misunderstanding. Whether you can speak, whether you speak late or early, has nothing to do with the lingual frenum. The "lingual frenulum" of infants and young children is slightly short and should not be considered as abnormal. It is best to observe after two years old. Many parents worry that their children can't speak clearly, and it is totally unnecessary to blindly let their children do "tongue strap" surgery.
Create opportunities for children to "speak"
In addition to eliminating the causes of diseases, parents should pay more attention to cultivating their children's awareness of speaking in their daily lives. For example, delay the request for the child, try to get him to say it, and then give him something; Combine the child's speech with the game, such as "the baby catches the ball", and say "the baby has stretched out his arm" and "is his foot out" every day when dressing, so that the child can connect his feet, arms and legs; Create a social environment with children, let children of similar size often play together, and let children feel the language in a pleasant atmosphere; For older children, language training should be strengthened, opportunities should be created for them to communicate with each other, and babies should be encouraged to talk, sing nursery rhymes and tell stories. Don't interrupt them when they are talking, patiently correct the mistakes in their words, so that they can not only speak freely, but also speak freely.