Vygotsky held that children's egocentric speech eventually becomes:

1. Piaget and Vygotsky differed on the fate of egocentric speech. 2. Piaget thought egocentric speech simply dissolved away as children matured. 3. Vygotsky showed that egocentric speech became inner speech. 4. Inner speech is silent speech used for thought. 5. Babbling and telegraphic speech are earlier stages of speaking to others. 6. So Vygotsky's answer is inner speech. **Why the other options fail:** - Babbling talk comes in infancy before words. - Telegraphic speech is a two-word stage addressed to others. - Complete silence is closer to Piaget's view that it dissolved away. _Source: Wikipedia, "Lev Vygotsky", section "Major themes of research" (revision 1377698493)_