PSYCH 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Metalinguistic Awareness, Bilingual Education, 18 Months

• School: Bloomsburg University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 210
• Professor: Verma

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7. 1 identify the formal characteristics of language, and describe how prelinguistic communication develops. 7. 2 explain how speech develops in infancy and how early language differs from that used by adults. 7. 3 summarize the rapid advances made by preschoolers in their comprehension and production of language, and distinguish private from social speech. 7. 4 describe the development of language in middle childhood and the role metalinguistic awareness plays in understanding how language works. 7. 5 identify the major perspectives on language acquisition, and summarize the strengths and weaknesses of each. 7. 6 compare and contrast the different theories about the relationship between language and thought. 7. 7 describe how infant-di(cid:396)e(cid:272)ted spee(cid:272)h affe(cid:272)ts (cid:272)hild(cid:396)e(cid:374)"s la(cid:374)guage de(cid:448)elop(cid:373)e(cid:374)t. 7. 8 explain how socioeconomic status influences language development in children. 7. 9 compare bilingual education to the immersion approach, and identify the cognitive benefits of being bilingual. The fundamentals of language: from sounds to symbols. Language, the systematic, meaningful arrangement of symbols, provides the basis for communication.