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The cognitive basis of language: how childrenlearn language.
The nature vs. nurture debate: behaviorism or
an innate capacity for acquisition?Lectured byHASBI SJAMSIR
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How do children develop?What is Language?How do children acquireLanguage?
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3 domains occurs in development
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Language is code that we learn to usein order to communicate ideas andexpress our wants and needs.Reading, writing, speaking, and somegesture system are all forms oflanguage
Language is the systematic andconventional use of sounds (or signs orwritten symbols) for the purpose ofcommunication or self-expression
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Speech is the spokenform of language
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Children learn language and speechby listening to the language around
them and practicing what they hear.In this way, they figure out the rulesof the language code. It is notlearned all at once but in stages over
time.
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Harvey Daniels in Nine IdeasAbout Language says:
Children learn theirnative language swiftly,
efficiently, and largelywithout instruction
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There are numerous theories about languageacquisition, and they include 2 main schools
of thought
These theoristspropose thatwe are pre-wired forlanguage learning. It
is partof our human nature
These theoristspropose
that language is anentirely learned
behavior
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WHAT DO YOU THINK?
INNATE
NATIVIST
LEARNED
EMPIRICIST
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Knowledge originates in humannature
Plato and KantChomsky Language is innate, and that our brains
contain a dedicated special purpose
learning device that has evolved forlanguage alone
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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 particularlanguage; all are born with the same facility and will
develop as native speakers of the language of thecommunity into which they are born. The child has innate
knowledge of universal principles that govern the structureof language
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UNIVERSAL GRAMMAR
Language is essentially the same experiencefor all human beings, no matter what
language they speak, where they are or howthey interact with their model
Some forms of languages is common to almostall human beings.
Language is an ability human process, not byvirtue of specific learning or teaching, but by
virtue of their humaness
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Behaviorism & associationismKnowledge originates in the environment,
and comes in through the senses
Children are conditioned to learn languageby a stimulus-response patternAristotleSkinner
There are no limits to what a human being canbecome, given time, opportunity and theapplication of very general laws of learning
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Constructivist & EmergentistRecognizes that many factors
influence language development
Outcomes can arise for reasons thatare not obvious or predictable fromany of the individual inputs to the
problem
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There are three well knowntheories:
1.Development cognitive theory (JeanPiaget)
2.Information processing model3.Social interaction (Lev Vgotsky)
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Children construct their ownknowledge in response to their
experiencesChildren learn many things on theirown without the intervention of olderchildren or adults
Children are intrinsically motivatedto learn and do not need rewardsfrom adults to motivate learning
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Four major development stages inchildren that describe how a childlearns
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How the brain processes informationand draws comparisons between the
brain and a computer
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Social interaction plays an importantrole in the learning process
Zone of Proximal Developmentdescribes the differences betweenwhat a child will do on his/her own orwith guidance
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