PSYC 358 Lecture 3: Psychology 358 Lecture 3 Children
11 Feb 2017
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The speed at which a child develops language is a debatable issue. Nativist view: children are born with nascent structure of language. Naming explosion" at 2 years (pinker, 1994). This is when language" begins and what went on before that isn"t all that significant http://bigthink. com/videos/how-children- learn-language. Children produce basic syntactical utterance at 2-years old ( get milk"). Little bits view incremental learning: children learn it in little bits simplified, baby talk, but when we learn it as an adult, classes may be too much at a time. Language use changes throughout the lifespan and children"s facility with language is part of that general trajectory. They develop language skills gradually from environment and parents. (see bialystok video). Children"s language ability moves in lock-step with their neurobiological, cognitive, and social development. Early social vocalizations: grunting, cooing, crying, and later, babbling. Infants are exposed to language, enveloped in language and it"s their main job in early years (see bialystok video) not explicit instruction.
