5. Language is code that we learn to use in
order to communicate ideas and express our
wants and needs. Reading, writing, speaking,
and some gesture system are all forms of
language
Language is the systematic and conventional
use of sounds (or signs or written symbols)
for the purpose of communication or self-
expression
7. Children learn language and speech by
listening to the language around them and
practicing what they hear. In this way, they
figure out the rules of the language code. It is
not learned all at once but in stages over
time.
8. Harvey Daniels in “Nine Ideas About
Language” says:
“ Children learn their native
language swiftly, efficiently, and
largely without instruction
9. There are numerous theories about language acquisition,
and they include 2 main schools of thought
These theorists propose that
These theorists propose
we are pre-wired for
that language is an
language learning. It is part
entirely learned behavior
of our human “nature
10. WHAT DO YOU THINK?
INNATE LEARNED
NATIVIST EMPIRICIST
11. Knowledge originates in human nature
Plato and Kant
Chomsky
Language is innate, and that our brains contain a
dedicated special purpose learning device that has
evolved for language alone
12. Language Acquisition Device (LAD)
Receive primary linguistic input in the form of sentences
of the language heard by the child, and produces, as
output, grammatical sentences of the language
Children are not predisposed to learn any particular
language; all are born with the same facility and will
develop as native speakers of the language of the
community into which they are born. The child has
innate knowledge of universal principles that govern
the structure of language
13. UNIVERSAL GRAMMAR
Language is essentially the same experience for all
human beings, no matter what language they speak,
where they are or how they interact with their model
Some forms of languages is common to almost all
human beings.
Language is an ability human process, not by virtue of
specific learning or teaching, but by virtue of their
humaness
14. Behaviorism & associationism
Knowledge originates in the environment, and
comes in through the senses
Children are ‘conditioned” to learn language by
a stimulus-response pattern
Aristotle
Skinner
There are no limits to what a human being can
become, given time, opportunity and the application
of very general laws of learning
15. Constructivist & Emergentist
Recognizes that many factors influence
language development
Outcomes can arise for reasons that are not
obvious or predictable from any of the
individual inputs to the problem
16. There are three well known theories:
1. Development cognitive theory (Jean Piaget)
2. Information processing model
3. Social interaction (Lev Vgotsky)
17. Children construct their own knowledge in
response to their experiences
Children learn many things on their own
without the intervention of older children or
adults
Children are intrinsically motivated to learn
and do not need rewards from adults to
motivate learning
18. Four major development stages in children
that describe how a child learns
19. How the brain processes information and
draws comparisons between the brain and a
computer
20. Social interaction plays an important role in
the learning process
Zone of Proximal Development describes the
differences between what a child will do on
his/her own or with guidance
