填空题
Language learning begins with listening. Individual
children vary greatly in the amount of listening they do after 63. ______
they start speaking, and late starters are often long listeners.
Most children will "obey" spoken instructions some time
before they can speak, though the word obey is hardly
accurate like a description of the eager and delighted 64. ______
cooperation usually shown by the child. Before they can
speak, many children will ask questions in gesture and by 65. ______
making questioning noises. Any attempt to trace the
development from the noises babies make to their first
spoken words lead to considerable difficulties. It is agreed 66. ______
they enjoy making noises, and that during the first 67. ______
few months one or two noise sort themselves out as 68. ______
particular indicative of delight, distress, sociability, and so 69. ______
on. But since these can be said to show the baby’s intention to 70. ______
communicate, they can hardly be regarded as early forms of
language. It is agreed, too, that from about three months they
play with sounds for enjoyment, and that by six months they
are able to add new sounds to their repertoire. This
self-imitation leads on to deliberate imitation of sounds
making or words spoken to them by other people. The 71. ______
problem then arises as to the point which one can say that 72. ______
these imitations can be considered as speech.