There are several techniques you can use to help your baby learn to talk.
These include: turn-taking, imitation, joint attention and anticipation.

Turn-taking-

• Watch your baby closely and wait for him to say a sound, make a face, or move part of his body.
  
• Once he has done this, perform a similar action of your own.
  
• Wait to see how your baby reacts. He will most likely respond with another face or body movement!
  
• Continue to take it in turns to make movements and sounds.
  
• Turn-taking will help to improve your baby's interaction skills.
  

• Copy what your baby does. If he makes a sound such as 'gaga' copy him by making the same sound.
  
• Wait for your baby to do something else and copy that action too.
  
• Copying the sounds that your baby makes will encourage him to make sounds more often.
  

• Watch your baby to see what he is looking at and then look at the same thing.
  
• Make a comment about the object/person he is looking at, or point to it. Then comment, "Look at the sky! You're looking up at the sky. It's blue today."
  
• This will help your baby learn to share focus on a topic.
  

• Perform songs and other actions in a predictable sequence that your baby can follow. "Peek-a-boo" is a great example of an anticipatory set that your baby can learn. 
  
• Once the sequence has been performed a number of times, your baby will 'get ready' to watch the next time you begin the sequence.
  
• This anticipation will increase your baby's interest in communicating and will help him to learn the language that is being used.
  

Sing nursery rhymes or play familiar peek-a-boo games with your infant.