Language acquisition

The aim of the assessment is to research and report on the different roles that language can have in a child’s life. These roles can be seen and heard in language using oral, visual or written communication which integrates with the diversity of many English standards and social classes to form meaning. To demonstrate comprehension of how language contributes to a child’s life to tutors successfully various academic sources were studied including, the unit text. These findings are documented in…

The critical period hypothesis as ‘a biologically determined period of life when language can be acquired more easily and beyond which time language is increasingly difficult to acquire’ (Brown, 2000 p, 53). Generally, it is understood that the critical period hypothesis is a virtual window of learning a language. If by any chance a child is unable to get input from their parents or society in which s/he lives during that period of their lives, s/he will remain unable to speak, or faces many…

Language evolution is viewed as a controversial topic across many disciplines. Psychologists, anthropologists, neuroscientists and other members of academic community attempt to provide theories, which would explain such a complex phenomenon. The difficulty in doing so arises from the fact that there is very little evidence that would help to identify the most accurate theory (Pinker, 2003). One of the leading experts in the field of linguistics, Noam Chomsky, suggests that when exploring such a…

of the stimulus until the subject respond to sound-on and sound-off stimulus. Every time he responded correctly, the reinforcement is given to increase likehood operant response to happened again. Finally, from the test it show that autistic child can learn auditory discrimination task and can be improved with the modification a few things in this test (Thomas Scruggs, Alfonso Prieto & Stanley Zucker, n.d) An Analysis of a Token Economy Suin Stuttering Therapy According to Wingate (1964) as…

In contrast, supporters of nurture consider the opposite view that the environment determines how one learns to speak. Eric H. Lenneberg’s Foundations of Language Development: A Multidisciplinary Approach argues that nurture influences a child’s language proficiency by proposing the Critical Period Theory. According to Lenneberg, “In humans, vocal learning seems to occur most readily within the age span defined as the critical period, in which hormonal, experiential, and age factors” (96) come…

The Acquisition/Learning Hypothesis: In its most general version, the Acquisition / Learning Distinction Hypothesis is deemed to be the most salient all the hypotheses in Krashen's theory as well as the most recognized and valued conceptualization by most linguists and language practitioners. In practice, Krashen postulates that there are two independent systems in a second language competence: 'the acquired system' and 'the learned system'. On the one hand, the 'acquired system' or…

The main idea of this article by Karaman and Tochon (2010) was the fundamentals of language to gain a more profound comprehension of the feelings that new teachers who participate in international teaching situations gained in the nation of Ecuador. The only person who was the focus of this study was a future Spanish language instructor. Her record of the things she learned and her comments, analysis and recorded discussions represented the information that comprised the study. The…

of communication skills and language development are listening, speaking, reading, and writing in which the one that is the most basic is speaking. This project is about the effect of small talk and role playing on speaking for Iranian young children. One of the most important skills in English is speaking and one way to understand someone has a good proficiency in English is talking it fluency and accuracy. As Brown (2001, 267) stated when someone can speak a language it means that he can…

Human Language: Innate or Constructed? Human language is a unique characteristic among species on planet Earth. Though many creatures use various methods to communicate, no known creatures other than humans have a language that vastly describes the universe. Is this ability innate or is it the product of environmental factors? In order to answer this, one must investigate a wide array of phenomena. First, it would be beneficial to define what language is. Though the exact meaning may be…

Different views emerge in the field of English Language Teaching (ELT). While theories and approaches are put forward to understand the nature and applicability of certain phenomenon related to ELT, different points of view arise. Grammar perhaps is one of which. With the current changes and circumstances of the world, the paper will examine how grammar should be taught. This paper will explain how there is a need to create a balance and build on circumstances and needs of learners when teaching…