CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Reuben is a young child with a language impairment. He has difficulty expressing concepts using words and word combinations. Reuben has problems with
A
grammar.
B
pragmatics.
C
semantics.
D
phonology.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Nativist Theory – Suggests that we’re born with a specific language-learning area in our brain. Nativists believe that children are wired to learn language, regardless of their environment. The Behaviorist Theory – Says that language develops as a result of certain behaviors, such as imitation.

Detailed explanation-2: -In studies of language acquisition, the term holophrase refers more specifically to an utterance produced by a child in which a single word expresses the type of meaning typically conveyed in adult speech by an entire sentence. The adjective holophrastic is used to denote a phrase consisting of a single word.

Detailed explanation-3: -What is the relationship, if any, between language comprehension and language production among young children in the “first-words” stage? Children in this stage (about one year old) are able to comprehend words however, they’re not able to really pronounce and produce words in this stage.

Detailed explanation-4: -"After ‘mama, ’ children’s first words include ‘this’ and ‘that’.” ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 7 April 2022.

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