First Language Acquisition Flashcards
Where does language acquisition process first start?
Mother’s womb
What happens when a baby is 24 weeks in the womb?
Develops ears to hear mothers heartbeat and outside world. The fetus becomes familiar with parents voices
T or F: Babies prefer human voice over any other sound
T
T or F: Babies come out ready to communicate. How?
T through crying and sulking and laughing
Findings in the pacifier frequency - new language vs nakasanayang language experiment
New language: weak response; Nakasanayang language: high response
Conclusion: Human language is learnt in the woomb; Babies prefer the language used by parents. ++ Babies can identify new language
Findings in Experiment 2: Distinguishing different parts of speech
Prepositions (on, in, etc.: one syllable words): low response
Nouns (longer words): high response
What happens at 3 months old? (LEEFG)
- larynx drops
- engages with communication
- exchange of words/sounds
- Facial expression, gaze of eyes
Findings in Experiment 3: Facial Expressions
CONCLU: Babies are attuned to both voice and face and know that they should match
- Babies would try to communicate w/ sounds and becomes upset when mom drops face
- upside down face of mom: not recognized by baby and does not communicate with it
- baby is confused when the voice and face don’t match (happy face: sad voice)
T or F: Eyes DO NOT play a vital role to interaction. Babies DO NOT try to gain the mom’s attention when eyes are not on him/her
F!!: Babies Try to gain attention when their mom does not make eye contact with them
T or F: Babies are NOT capable of differentiating difficult/similar sounds
Partly False: At 6 months, baby still recognizes all sounds BUT At 10 months, Baby stop becoming a universal listener = can no longer differentiate difficult sounds
Findings for Mandarin Experience Experiment
- Babies at 9-10 months were able to differentiate between 2 languages
CONCLU: Babies are able to absorb new languages at this age
What do you call the sing-song high pitch words that help the baby understand a language
Motherese/Fatherese
___ + ____ = Communication
Nature + Nurture = Communication
After the age of 1, babies can articulate complete words T or F
T
Within the first 18 months babies pick up an active vocabulary of 50-100 words : T or F
T
Explain mouth -sound mapping
As the baby plays with the sound, she also listens to what she’s saying
Word categories that babies over a year old are very familiar with
Food and body parts
T or F: All babies in All countries babble the same way in the beginning, mama baba dada
tRUTH - 23:33 of the docu
two key “tions” in learning a language
Repetition & Imitation
Babies recognize that communication is more than just sounds and words but also ____
Gestures
When does pointing gesture begin
during the crawling stage
Pointing alone can help babies learn new words but HOW?
Baby has to follow both point and gaze
Speech movement develops faster than motion: T or F
F: Motion movement develops faster than speech so it’s easier to sign first over talking
T OR F: Shape is crucial for learning names to things. shape> color,size, etc.
T
By 2 years old, humans use …
300 words and can understand 1000 words
