EGP 220 Lecture 15: language and development
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Language acquisition is an active process of experiences and opportunities to engage others test question. Children who are deaf invent language systems: largely based on gestures due to lack of consistent language input. *language rich environment classroom where there is all kinds of books, poems, music, posters, etc. of different cultures. *the broca area supports grammatical processing and language production; located in left frontal lobe test question (teachers who break up the story to ask questions) Learning a second language is linked to a slow, age-related decrease. There is little evidence for a sensitive period in second language acquisition. That language development is closely linked to (cid:272)hildre(cid:374)"s activities, authentic life experiences. Expressive style focuses on feelings and the(cid:373)sel(cid:448)es ; (cid:862)tha(cid:374)k you(cid:863) (cid:862)fi(cid:374)ished(cid:863) (cid:862)(cid:373)i(cid:374)e(cid:863) Howard gardner expressive may be the beginning of one of those 9 intelligences. *the way children speak is the way children think.