Language in Our Lives
Theoretical Perspectives and Contexts of Language Development
Language Development Among Children of Linguistic Diversity
Theories
Learner Characteristics
100
A system of oral or written symbols used for communication
What is language
100
An awareness that an object continues to exist even when it is out of sight
What is object permanence
100
The study of the varied ways in which language is used in different setting and speech communities
What is sociolinguistics
100
Inborn or innate human capabilities are responsible for language development
What is nativist
100
Children acquisition of an additional language resembles the first language development in both process and proficiency
What is before age 5
200
The language a person is able to comprehend, as in listening or reading
What is receptive language
200
A circular or cycle-like exchanging of the roles of speaker and listener
What is communication loop
200
Variations of a language that are characteristic of a particular social or geographical group (e.g., southern dialect, adolescent dialect)
What is dialect
200
Language is acquired as maturation occurs and cognitive competencies develop
What is cognitive development
200
Acquire productive phonetic knowledge at a level of near-native pronunciation
What is ages 4-7
300
The language that a person is able to produce, as in speaking or writing
What is expressive language
300
Language used to support a child’s attempts to communicate; may involve questioning, expansion, and/or repetition
What is linguistic scaffolding
300
A dialect of English used by the majority of Americans, which is often modified by regional variations
What is Standard American English
300
Considers learning to occur based on the stimuli, responses, and reinforcements that occur in the environment
What is behaviorist
300
Learn faster than because a higher cognitive functioning and they're more developed in their first language
What is ages 8-12
400
The smallest linguistic unit of sound, which is combined with other phonemes to form words
What is phoneme
400
The general loss of language due to brain damage
What is aphasia
400
The ability to use two dialects
What is bidialectism
400
Sociocultural interaction in children’s development of language knowledge
What is interactionist
400
The rate of acquisition slows down
What is ages 12 and up
500
The smallest unit of meaning in language
What is morpheme
500
The area of interconnection between the axon terminal of one neuron and the dendrites of another neuron
What is synapse
500
When children acquire their second language after age 3
What is successive bilingualism
500
What theorist believes in the Behaviorist theory?
What is Skinner
500
When is the critical period for morphemic knowledge?
What is from birth to 12 years old
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