PSYCH312 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Spoken Language, Language Pedagogy, Language Processing In The Brain
19 Nov 2015
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Spoken language, reading, and writing: an integrated language system: Language have several forms: spoken language (listening and speaking, reading, writing. Forms of the language system: general sequence of language development, listening, 2. Listening + reading = receptive skills (feeding information into the cns: expressive skills (speaking + writing) Ideas originate in the brain and are sent outward. Intake before outgo (abundant qualities of input experience and information are needed before output skills can be effectively executed) Language as a communication process: the communication process between two people consists of sending a message (expressive language) and receiving a message (receptive message) Imitation and reinforcement (behavioral view of language learning) Young children try to imitate the sounds they hear in their environment + reinforced for their language attempts. Adults reward child for their language attempts with attention and praise. Task of learning human language is so complex that some important aspects of language cannot be learned but are innate within the brain.
