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How Languages Are Learned

 

"Daddy no comb hair-.
             o Stage3: negative element is inserted into more complex sentence. Words such as can't and don't. "I can't do it- I don't want to.
             o Stage 4: attach negative element to correct form of auxiliary verbs such as "do- and "be-. "You didn't have supper- " I don't have no more candies-.
             Questions: predictable order in which -wh words emerge.
             o What is first, learned as part of a whole "whatsit-.
             o Where and who next.
             o Why emerges around second year and becomes a favorite.
             o Stage 1: single word questions with rising intonation: Mommy book? Correct questions as formulaic chunks.
             o Stage 2: use the word order of a declarative sentence. With yes/no' questions, they add rising intonation, with wh-questions, they put a question word at the beginning. "You like this?- I have some?.
             o Stage 3: notice the structure of questions is different and produce them. "Can I go?- is that mine? They may generalize that putting a verb at the beginning of a sentence forms all questions. "Is the teddy is tired?- do I can have a cookie?-.
             o Stage 4: Later children begin to use subject-auxiliary inversion and can even add, "do- in sentences. " Do you like ice cream?-.
             o Stage 5: combine both operations. "Why can he go out?- may not be able to negate the question as well as invert it. "Why he can't go out?-.
             o Stage 6: embedded questions. "I don't know why he can't go out?-.
             By age of four, most English speaking children have passed through these developmental stages and ask questions that are grammatical and appropriate.
             THEORETICAL APPROACHES TO EXPLAINING FIRST LANGUAGE LEARNING.
             Behaviorism:.
             Believe that traditional language learning is the result of imitation, practice, and feedback on success and habit formation.
             Kids imitate sounds and patterns they hear and receive positive reinforcement.
             They are encouraged by their environment, they continue to imitate an practice until they form habits of correct language use.


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