Child Language Aqqucieirnt

Question 1

Skinner

Answer 1

Behaviourism

Question 2

What is behavioursim

Answer 2

Child imitates language from parent or carer
Positive and negative reinforcement
Children make virtuous errors
Parents are more concerned with politeness and truthfullness

Question 3

Chomsky

Answer 3

In native beds
Children are born with an innate aptitude for learning language

Question 4

Behaviourism can lead to

Answer 4

Overextension of rules like past and plural forms

Question 5

Bruner

Answer 5

Interactionist theory

Question 6

Features of interactionism

Answer 6

Child directed speech
Scaffolding guided questions

Question 7

Vygotsky

Answer 7

Proximal development zones
MKO more knowledgeable other
Scaffolding is an example of MKO

Question 8

List processes that aid scaffolding

Answer 8

Maintaining interest in the task
Simplifying the task
Demonstration
Controlling frustration
Emphasis on certain aspects

Question 9

List the first 3 language development stages

Answer 9

Pre linguistic 0-6 months
Cooing
Babbling stage 6-9 months
Babbles, syllables and sounds that aren’t yet words
Holophrastic stage 9-18 months
Single words

Question 10

List the last 3 language development stages

Answer 10

Two word stage 18-24
Telegraphic stage 24-30
Can use scentences and correct grammar
Multi word stage 30 months and beyond
Can use complex sentences and plurals

Question 11

Dr Barclay

Answer 11

7stages of written language development

Question 12

List the first 4 stages of Barclays written language development

Answer 12

1st stage :Scribbling random marks on a page
2nd stage :mock handwriting children produce lines of wavy scribbles
3rd stage :mock letters children produce letter like shapes that represent conventional alphabet letters
4th stage :conventional letters first word to appear is usually the child’s name letter strung accrue the page which the child reads like a scentence

Question 13

List the last 3 staffed if Dr Barclays written language development

Answer 13

5th stage: Invented spelling most words are spelled with a phonetically approach
6th stage: Appropriate spelling stage sentences become more complex as the child’s linguistic knowledge develops
7th stage: conventional spelling when most words are spelled correctly

Question 14

List the 5 functions of writing

Answer 14

Practical: lists, reminders etc
Job related: professional white collar writing which children will not write till they get older
Stimulating: writing helps process ideas and organise them logically
Social: writing letters to friends or thank you notes
Therapeutic: expression of feeling that aren’t easily expressed by speaking

Question 15

List features of the English writing system

Answer 15

Writing from left to write
Upper and lower case
Writing in straight lines
Letter direction
Punctuation
Conventional for genres : letters, stories
Spacing between words

Question 16

Piaget

Answer 16

Cognitive theory
Object permanence where young children are not aware of the existence of objects they cant see

Question 17

Fis phenomenon

Answer 17

Children can hear words but do not have the phonetically linguistic motor skills to articulate them

Question 18

Nelson

Answer 18

60% of children’s first words are naming words