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Lesson 2 Language Development

- There are different theories on how children acquire language including nativism, behaviorism, and interactionism. - Key milestones in language development include a child's first word appearing around 1 year, first sentences by 1.5 years, and a vocabulary of 500 words by age 2. - Early language skills that predict later literacy include alphabet knowledge, phonological awareness, and concepts about print. - Adult-child interaction plays a key role in language development by providing scaffolding and assisted learning opportunities.

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Lesson 2 Language Development

- There are different theories on how children acquire language including nativism, behaviorism, and interactionism. - Key milestones in language development include a child's first word appearing around 1 year, first sentences by 1.5 years, and a vocabulary of 500 words by age 2. - Early language skills that predict later literacy include alphabet knowledge, phonological awareness, and concepts about print. - Adult-child interaction plays a key role in language development by providing scaffolding and assisted learning opportunities.

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Lesson 2: Language

development

prepared by Kinsley Ng Sen Fa, Segi College Penang, Program DECE


Nativism
- Children are born with
Nuturism / maturationism
an innate propensity for - Believe in natural unfolding of
language acquisition children without direct teaching
-Noam Chomsky from adults
theorized that children
were born with a hard-
wired language
acquisition device (LAD)
in their brains
- Universal Grammar: a
set of innate principles Theories of
and adjustable language
parameters that are
common to all human
acquisition
languages
Behaviorism
- Language acquisition is
shaped by environmental
forces, specifically in
response to reward and
Constructivism
punishment
- Children construct
new language Interactionism
concepts for
- View child development and
themselves rather
learning take place between
than through external
children and their
sources
environment – provide
assisted and scaffolding
learning
Alphabet Phonological
Strong predictors of awareness
knowledge
literacy development

Concepts Invented spelling


about print

Oral
Writing of language
name (expressive,
receptive,
vocabulary)
Telegraphic prosodic
- A characteristic to - The child’s use of voice modulation Between 10 -22
include only the crucial and word stress to give special months considered
words, as if for a telegram emphasis and meaning
normal range

First sentence
(two words or more)
-Approximately 1.5 years
Easier to pronounce
words and important
people or object

Adult-child
interaction is the
key. Adult-adult talk
First word
is the main inhibitor It carries a lot of meaning –
the task of adults is to be
responsive and guessing
Holophrase the baby’s complete
sentence – one thoughts
word sentence
11,000
1,500

1 2 3
Words
Words Discuss stories
- Long sentences
- Make up stories

800
Words
- Use contractions (won’t, can’t)
- Prepositions (in, on)
- Make up words
500
Words
-Keeps asking
- Consonants may be substituted with one another

200
Words
- Always ask “what dat?”
- Want objects named

2 words
/ week
-looks, points
and say 1
or 2 words

First word
- Usually noun
4 5+
Overlapping concepts
“Overextension” –
calling all 4 footed
animals “dog”,
all toys are “ball”
Metalinguistic Running
awareness commentaries /
Inner speech
Realize language
as an object itself Categories in Self-talk or private
children’s speech of they are
thinking doing

Lack of clarity Repetition


Articulation Promote
problem – enjoyable
especially some mimicking and
consonant blends helps children to
remember
Negatives Impact words
-Started in toddlers’ years -Children realize some words evoke unusual reaction from others
-May say “no” to everything -It gets others’ attention and children used it over many times
- means non-existence, rejection and denial -Name calling and offensive words
-Violent language learnt from TV

Questions
-Toddlers raise their voice to indicate questions (daddy drink?)
-Wh-questions (where, why, when) appear in 2-3 yrs old
Created words
•Occasionally children created words that
only understood among themselves

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