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A2 - Child Language Development
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- 1English Language Child Language DevelopKey Terms
- 2Communicative CompetenceThe ability to form accurate and understandable utterances, using grammar system, and to understand social context for using them.
- 3Proto Words'Made up' words that a child will use to represent a word they might not yet be able to pronounce. e.g. 'ray rays' for 'raisins.'
- 4Pre-Verbal StageA period of time that involves experimenting with noises and sounds but without producing recognisable words - usually lasting for the majority of the baby's first year.
- 5CooingDistinct from crying but not yet forming recognisable vowels and consonants.
- 6BabblingVocal play that involves forming vowel and consonant sounds, which can be reduplicated (repeated sounds) or variegated (different sounds put together).
- 7Holophrastic StagePoint in a child's development when a child uses just individual words to communicate.
12 - 18 months. - 8Non-Verbal communicationAll the ways in which communication occurs that do not involve words. e.g. parents shaking head at child will communicate same meaning as 'no.'
- 9ReduplicationRepeated syllables within a word. e.g. baa baa for blanket.
- 10DiminutivesReduction in scale of an item through the way this word is created.
- 11AdditionAdding an additional suffix to the end of a word in order to change the way in which the word is pronounced and interpreted. e.g. 'Mummy' and 'Dolly' instead of 'Mum' and 'Doll.'
- 12Two Word StagePeriod of time when a child begins to put two words together. e.g. 'kick, ball.'
18+ months. - 13Telegraphic StageWhen a child's utterances will be three words and more; might still be omission of some words, including key words.
2+ years. - 14Grammatical WordsWords within a sentence that are necessary to demonstrate structural accuracy.
- 15Context WordsWords within a sentence that are vital to convey meaning.
- 16Post - Telegraphic StageWhen a child's language will include both content and grammatical words and more closely resemble adult speech.
3+ years. - 17Operant Conditioning (Skinner & Behaviourism)The idea that either a positive or a negative response given by a caregiver can influence the way in which a child talks on future occasions.
- 18Positive Reinforcement (Skinner & Behaviourism)The positive feedback given to a child which is thought to encourage similar performance again.
- 19Negative Reinforcement (Skinner & Behaviourism)The lack of feedback, correction or negative feedback that might prevent a child from making the same error repeatedly.
- 20LAD (Language Acquisition Device)As proposed by Chomsky - the idea that all humans are born with an innate language learning capacity.
- 21Tabula RasaLatin for 'blank slate' - term used to describe the idea that children are born with undeveloped, fresh brains.
- 22Universal GrammarTerm coined by Chomsky - notion that all human language possess similar grammatical properties which the brain is 'hard wired' to be able to decode and use.
- 23Virtuous ErrorsGrammatical errors that are understandable and logical through an incorrect assumption being made about grammar rules.
- 24Critical PeriodThe age at which a child will be most receptive to learn language - suggested by Lenneburg to be up to the age of 5.
- 25Cognitive DevelopmentA child's development of thinking and understanding.
- 26LASS (Language Acquisition Support System)System proposed by Bruner - the caregivers and other individuals who play a key role in a child's language development.
- 27ScaffoldingVygotsky - The support provided by caregivers through modelling how speech ought to take place, in order to help the child's language development.
- 28EgocentricThinking only of themselves, without understanding or regard for the feelings of others.
- 29Object PermanenceAn understanding that objects continue to exist even when they can't be seen or touched.
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- AS - Level English Lanugage Flashcards on A2 - Child Language Development, created by Rosie C on 14/01/2017.
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