Language, Education and Work (9)

Question 1

Language?

Answer 1

A communication system in which a limited number of signals can be combined according to agreed-upon rules to produce an infinite number of messages.

Question 2

Language seat in the brain?

Answer 2

Largely a product of left hemisphere activity, region called Broca’s area associated with speech production + Wernicke’s area associated with comprehension.

Question 3

Aphasia?

Answer 3

Language disorder caused by damage to band of fibres that connect Wernicke and Broca, hear and understand linguistic input but unable to vocally repeat the information.

Question 4

Nativists on language?

Answer 4

Minimisation of the role of the language environment, focus on child’s biologically programmed capacities to acquire language.
Universal grammar: system of common rules and properties for learning any language.

Question 5

Poverty of the stimulus?

Answer 5

Chomsky: children could not acquire such an incredibly complex communication system with the limited input they receive
(Nativist)

Question 5

Joint attention?

Answer 5

Two people looking at the same thing, important social cue.

Question 6

Syntactic bootstrapping?

Answer 6

Word is placed in a sentence to help learn its meaning.

Question 7

Telegraphic speech?

Answer 7

Early combinations of two or three words or more.

Question 8

Metalinguistic awareness?

Answer 8

Knowledge of language as a system (middle childhood).

Question 9

Effective classrooms?

Answer 9

• Strong emphasis on academics
• Task oriented but comfortable atmosphere
• Manage discipline problems effectively
• Atmosphere of social cohesion

Question 10

Aspects of parenting that can influence children’s motivation?

Answer 10

1. balance of structure for daily activities
2. consistent and supportive responses to children’s activities and behaviours
3. opportunities for children to observe healthy responses to life’s challenges from the adults in their lives