Language Development

Question 1

Stages of language development (infancy )

Answer 1

0-3 months: makes mouth movements in response to parent and cries to ask for food and comfort
6-12 months: understands some words ‘byebye’ and make sounds such as ‘gaga’
18 months: can say between six to ten words and can follow simple instructions

Question 2

Stages of language development ( early childhood)

Answer 2

2-3 years: links words together and vocabulary increasing to approximately 200 words at 2.5 yrs
3-5 years: can use simple sentences, ask questions and May use incorrect forms of words “I good”
8 years: can use reason and explain and speaks in complex sentences

Question 3

Stages of language development ( adolescence)

Answer 3

9-18 years: developing vocabulary and uses language to explore abstract ideas

Question 4

Language Acquisition Device

Answer 4

Noam Chomsky (1959) believed that the ability to develop a signed or spoken language is genetically programmed into individuals meaning that all individuals have the ability to understand and use language regardless of other abilities and to become fluent in their first language bye 5 or 6

Question 5

What did Noam Chomsky suggested

Answer 5

Humans are born with a structure in their brain that enables them to acquire language

Have a critical period for first language development in the first years of life

All follow the same pattern of langue development

Have an innate under of the structure of language tantos the basis of all languages

(Nature)

Question 6

Criticism of Noam Chomsky

Answer 6

Lack of scientific evidence of innate underdog structure of language

Does not take into account that a language acquisition support system is required

The rate of language development is affected by the degree of interactions with others

Chomsky put emphasis on grammar in sentences development rather than meanings