Language is a foundation of human life. In fact, many of argued that language is what separates humans from all other species of animals across the globe.
But, how exactly is langue learned? I will be your narrator as we explore the world of language and language acquisition. Come with me!
In his paper, titled Cognitive Basis of Language Learning in Infants Jon Mcanmara argues that language learning occurs before even the first utterance of language occurs.
Who's my little boy?
BA! BAAAAA!
He also argues that although said infants don't actually understand language as a concept yet, they can understand tone and that something is trying to be communicated to them. This is the first step of language learning
In his book about child language development, researcher William O'Grady argues that children learn a lot of language through small talk.
Dada why do you have spikes on your head?
O'Grady also argues that although small talk greatly increases the vocabulary of young children, most children still don't fully understand how and when to use language.
Hahaha, that's just my hair sweetheart.
O'Grady says that a key factor of language learning is the growth of vocabulary. By the age pf 15 months a child may know 50 total words but they should be learning 10 new words per day.
Mama what's that?
By the age of 6, a child will have 14,000 known words and they should be learning up to 20 new words per day.
It's called a sprinkler, it helps the grass grow!
She argues that storytelling, whether from a book or otherwise is one of the best ways to foster understanding of language to real concepts. It should be a focus for parents and caregivers at the beginning stages of language development.
In her writing about language acquisition, researcher Basil Johnson argues that although vocabulary growth is an important part of learning language, understanding is greatly important too.
Once upon a time.....
I hope you enjoyed this intro into the acquisition of language in children and how to foster language development!
Here are a few citations:Johnson, Basil. "How Do We Learn Language." What Do We Learn (1999): 43-51.O'grady, W. (2005). How children learn language. Cambridge University Press.Macnamara, John. "Cognitive basis of language learning in infants." Psychological review 79.1 (1972): 1.
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