Language Acquisition
Language Acquisition
Language Acquisition
Acquisition
INTRODUCTION
1. The Development of Speech Production
2. The Development Of Speech Comprehension
3. The Relationship of Speech Production,
Vocalization To Babbling
Around the seventh month, children ordinarily
Babbling to Speech
Around
1 year of age.
Milestone
Nelson 1973
(18 children)
Fenson 1993
(1,789 children)
10 words
15 months
(range 13-19)
13 months
(range 8-16)
50 words
20 months
(range 14-24)
17 months
(range 10-24)
Vocabulary at 24
months
186 words
(range 28-436)
310 words
(range 41-668)
the uterus?
Benzaquen at al. (1990). microphone inside the
uterus.
Lecanuet et al. (1989). The two sound sequences.
DeCasper and fifer (1980). Recording of a mother
reading a story.
Locke (1993). Suggested that the learning of the
mothers voice have occurred within the first 12
hours after the birth.
Production
Children must be able to comprehend the meaning of
the language before they themselves can produce it.
Children first need to be exposed to utterances with
a clear connection to the articles referred to before
they themselves can begin to say such utterances.
Children may sometimes repeat words or phrases
they hear, but this is not evidence for learning unless
the sounds are used in meaningful context that is
suitable for those sounds form.
Good Language
Environment
No pressure should be put upon the child as
he learns
the environment does contain within itself the
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