Jonathan's Theory Of Communication Case Studies

Jonathan is a deaf male who is 10 years old and study at 5th grade. He was born deaf. Both of his parents are deaf and, they studied at local deaf school that near their home. Jonathan was exposed to ASL immediately after his birth. He also has other family members who are using ASL when communication with him, such as hard of hearing aunt, and deaf uncle and grandparent. Jonathan went with his parents to attend early intervention program that support the choice of ASL as prefer language. He was, according to his parents, exposed to reading early. Also, his family has a strong involvement in the Deaf community. About his school, Jonathan attended Deaf school since preschool, that uses a bilingual and bicultural teaching approach. Later, he …show more content…
Cognitive refers to the mental process of memory, reasoning , and thinking. Pieper ( ) indicated that children develop cognitive before spake. The theory of cognitive development has a strong tie with language development. Since Jonathan is being exposed early to language, there is no dupt he developed cognitive skills. the second theory is linguistic. theorist such Chomsky (pippter ) stated in the theory of LAD that children are born with nature capable of acquire and produce language. Whatever that theory stated, communication with the child in very early age is the key to develop language skills. from Jonathan’s case an evidence that He exposed to ASL in early age. Jonathan is more fortunate having access to language in early age. Jonathan has deaf family, his parents, aunt, and uncle use ASL to communicate with him. Social interaction theory refers to the emphasized role of social interaction with adults who are already linguistically capable. Children in order to develop language skill would need to interaction with adults. The interaction could be in home, school, and community. However, letting children socializing in nature