Chapter 10: Development of Language and Communication Skills Next time: Exam

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Chapter 10 Development of Language and
Communication SkillsNext time Exam
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Chapter 10 Development of Language and
Communication SkillsNext time Exam
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Language Acquisition
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Language Acquisition Syntax
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• Figure 10.1 A model of language acquisition
  proposed by nativists.

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Learning Theory
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Learning Theory Imitation Reinforcement
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Brown, Cazden, Bellugi (p. 383)Lenneberg
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Preverbal Interchanges
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Preverbal InterchangesResponse to child speech
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Preverbal InterchangesResponse to child
speech Expansions
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Expansions (p. 389) Responding to a childs
ungrammatical utterance with a grammatically
improved form of that statement
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Preverbal InterchangesResponse to child
speech Expansions Recasts
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Recasts (p. 389) Responding to a childs
ungrammatical utterance with a nonrepetitive
statement that is grammatically correct
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Preverbal interchangesResponse to child
speech Expansions Recasts Clarification
questions
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Preverbal InterchangesResponse to child
speech Expansions Recasts Clarification
questionsSpeech to children
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Motherese (p. 388) The short, simple,
high-pitched (and often repetitive) sentences
that adults use when talking with young children
(also called child-directed speech)
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Interactionist Perspective (pp. 387-390)
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ChomskyNativistic Theory
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Nativistic TheoryTypes of Evidence
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Nativistic TheoryTypes of Evidence

• Gap between input and output

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• Figure 10.1 A model of language acquisition
  proposed by nativists.

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Nativistic TheoryTypes of Evidence

• Gap between input and output
• Rapidity of learning

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Nativistic TheoryTypes of Evidence

• Gap between input and output
• Rapidity of learning
• Independence from other aspects of intelligence

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Nativistic TheoryTypes of Evidence

• Gap between input and output
• Rapidity of learning
• Independence from other aspects of intelligence
• Learned best when young

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Nativistic TheoryTypes of Evidence

• Gap between input and output
• Rapidity of learning
• Independence from other aspects of intelligence
• Learned best when young
• Linguistic universals (p. 382)

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Nativistic TheoryTypes of Evidence

• Gap between input and output
• Rapidity of learning
• Independence from other aspects of intelligence
• Learned best when young
• Linguistic universals (p. 382) Universal grammar
  (p. 383)

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Exam
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Review SessionTuesday, March 17, 8th period134
Anderson
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Office HoursVT Thursday 4th SM Wednesday
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Exam

• 50 points
• 30 multiple choice1 point each
• 10 of 12 definitions2 points each

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Chapter 7 Cognitive Development Piagets Theory
and Vygotskys Sociocultural ViewChapter 8
Cognitive Development Information-Processing
PerspectivesChapter 9 Intelligence Measuring
Mental PerformanceChapter 10 Development of
Language and Communicative Skills
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Chapters close to equally weightedSlightly more
emphasis on 7 and 8 than 9 and 10
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Of 30 multiple-choice, 4 from text only, 3 from
lecture only, 23 from both sourcesOf 12
definitions, 2 from text only, 3 from lecture
only, 7 from both sources