Children's Integrative Language

A foundational aspect of all children’s learning is oral language. Communication orally entails the ability to include four components of spoken language to incorporate, and build on, a child’s vocabulary and grammar. These four elements consist of the phonological, syntactic, semantic and pragmatic components. Development of a child’s language skills should form together resulting in literacy success later in life. In order to master the teaching of oral language, three strategies are used. These include, the use of open –ended questions, talking about sophisticated words and incorporating sociodramatic play in to lessons, which in the end, enhance expressive and receptive oral language skills. Fellowes & Oakley and numerous other literature sources explore the significance of oral language in the child’s development.

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Describe how children’s interactions in retelling or recreating familiar stories may provide evidence of their pragmatic knowledge.

Developmentally appropriate practice is a method where the instructor teaches to the level of the child’s mental capability based on research. I am majoring in Speech Language Pathology and this method is absolutely huge in this field. Everything we do is based off of where the child is supposed to be developmentally. I have had already a full semester class and two more to come full semester classes just on the development of language in children. Every assessment is done based off of the developmental milestones of the child. For example, by 22 months of age a child should have around 200 words in their vocabulary. If this child comes in and is still babbling and produces maybe 12 words this would give us a huge red flag. We know this because

If I had to give advice to close friends of mine who just recently became first time parents on how to nourish their infant’s physical development my biggest suggestion would have to be the proper nutrition. When it comes to newborns the best type of nutrition is breastfeeding. When I use to work in the hospital as a newborn photographer I would always hear all the positive things the lactation consultants would have to say to first time moms on the importance of breastfeeding. It is not just about the bond that it creates with the baby while breastfeeding, but also all the antibodies and nutrients being high in fact and low in protein. Breast-feeding not only transfers antibodies but also other infection-fighting agents from mother to child and enhances functioning of other immune systems (Berk 131). Although for a working mom after returning from maternity leave breastfeeding a baby for every meal might pose its difficulties. I would encourage my friend to try things like pumping while at work and substituting those meals with formula. Nutrition is especially crucial for developing in the first two years because the baby’s brain and body are growing so rapidly (Berk 130). Being able to breast feed for this long would provide a baby with the best nutrition but even being able to breastfeed for a period

They obtained unstructured narratives about picture prompts from the children. They divided the children into two groups based on their ability to produce these stories. The first group involved three children that could construct a narrative with basic story elements such as initiating event, attempts, and consequences. However, the narratives didn’t contain plans or internal responses. The stories lacked organizational abilities and coherence. The other group involved two children who could not tell stories with basic elements. These two children could only provide simple explanations of actions or

It was such a pleasure taking this class. I was always interested in linguistics and wanted to dive deeper into the subject. Linguistics is a very broad topic with a lot of information to cover. While taking this class, the information provided refreshed my mind about many concepts and situations that I experience on a daily basis. It’s easy to wake up and take advantage of the day without acknowledging different uses of language. It’s imperative for everyone to become more aware of how everyone communicates; families, friends, employees, public figures, and even companies. Language is apart of who we are as a human race and it’s beautiful to break down the barriers and learn more about it.

Everyday we are developing no matter our age, but it is how we develop children that will tell a tremendous amount an individual. How a child developments is fundamentally important at a young age as it affects all aspect of their lives once the child matures. Throughout the class, we looked at many theorists during the course of the semester as well as looked at many articles pertaining to the concepts of the development of children. The theorists and articles opened up our minds to a world that we have never seen before and concepts about child development we have never been taught but have seen in the practical work we do every week. What makes humans unique is the ability that we have to interpret the language being used, as Lois Bloom

Language is a communicative system of words and symbols unique to humans. The origins of language are still a mystery as fossil remains cannot speak. However, the rudiments of language can be inferred through studying linguistic development in children and the cognitive and communicative abilities of primates as discussed by Bridgeman (2003). This essay illustrates the skills infants have that will eventually help them to acquire language. The topics covered are firstly, the biological aspects, the contribution of the human brain to language development? Secondly, key theories of language development will be considered. Is the development innate? Is there a critical period? Thirdly, what must be learned? What are the rudiments infants must

At 18 months, the virtual child had over 50 words at her command that she was able to use to make two-word sentences such as “Mama up” and “Doggie outside.” In their effort to further encourage the child’s development of her language skills, the parents applied B.F. Skinner’s operant conditioning theory (Berk, 2012). They would respond, using slightly longer sentences such as “Yes, the doggie is outside” before introducing descriptive and useful new words. The parents would encourage imitation and respond with positive reinforcement, which would further enthuse the child to develop her language skills (Berk, 2012). When the child was 2 years old, the parents would converse with the child at any given opportunity and would read books of her choice which further influenced her language development. Research has found that when mothers are more responsive during the first few years of a child’s life enable their children to achieve language development milestones at an earlier stage than children whose mothers were less responsive (Leigh, Nathans & Nievar, 2011). The mother had a more influential role in the virtual child’s language development as she would allow the child to explore the surrounding environment through daily walks and teach the child new words as they did. It was due to parental involvement and an encouraging, safe environment, the virtual child developed her language skills not only due to influence but to a desire to learn new

Young children are like sponges; they absorb information like a sponge absorbs water. It is essential for them to be emerged in an environment in which they can absorb positive information so that one day they can become contributing members of our society and have a better future. For this reason, there is a pronounced importance on providing enriching environments for children to learn and develop appropriately. One of the ways that this can be achieved is through a literacy rich environment specifically with the use of story reading and storytelling.

When children experience early speech difficulties they tend to be at risk later on. By being susceptible to language skills early on allows the child (ren) to be more proficiency and react in a way that contributes to them being able to express themselves in a way that causes them to use a variety of different phonemes and at the same time mix and maneuver other language and literacy skills. Numerous studies have found that there is a strong link between language problems, reading and overall academic achievement (Konza, 2006, Snow Burns and Griffin, 1998, Justice and Ezell, 2000).

Children acquire language since they were born. They communicate with their parents. Furthermore, children and parents interact with each other using a language that we often call the first language or mother tongue. At an early age, children are only learning one language that is the mother tongue. By age and speech development, children improve to acquire a second language from the school or the environment around them. In terms of speed of langgauge acquisition, children are factorized by both the child and the child’s learning environment. Therefore, it is important to understand how children acquire second language. This paper is provided

Andrea enthusiastically participated with the examiner during the language sample. She initiated the conversation by choosing to explain how to play the game “Googly Eyes” rather than utilize any of the activities provided by the examiner. Andrea’s explanation of the game was mostly chronological, she occasionally forgot a part of the game, but always corrected herself for any confusion. Her speech was fluent, though used the word “like” frequently. The slight overuse of the word could be attributed to her age, rather than a reflection of her lexical diversity. Her descriptions of the game were spontaneous, mostly fluid, and she was 100% intelligible. These observations suggest this sample was a valid representation of Andrea’s language abilities as the game required several complex explanations in which she performed well.

Children encompass the ability to learn whichever language system they are introduced to, therefore a newborn would learn the fictional Klingon language (Hoff, 2006). Klingon is not a natural language such as English or Spanish, and does not adhere to all the rules of a natural language. Due to this issue, the child would encounter problems in saying everyday terms in Klingon. Also, since Klingon is a fictional language and not spoken in society the child would not be able to communicate with others, which may cause the child to reject this fictional language. This rejection may be related to the lack of acceptance of this fictional language in society. This could constrain the child’s ability to learn a new language in which he/she