CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Children often have similar amounts of imitation of language production and acquire L1 at a similar rate. Developmental stages are different in all cultures (maturational). Nativist theory largely ignores importance of environment. Interaction and communication are the driving force behind L1 acquisition.

Detailed explanation-2: -Theory of Imitation: the idea that children imitated what they heard around them. This theory is based on the behaviorism of B. F. Skinner and the work of Pavlov. This can not be all of the story because there would be no overextensions, no overgeneralizations.

Detailed explanation-3: -1 Interestingly, all children, no matter which language their parents speak, learn language in the same way. Overall, there are three stages of language development, which occur in a familiar pattern.

Detailed explanation-4: -Babbling is now considered the earliest form of language acquisition because infants will produce sounds based on what language input they receive.

Detailed explanation-5: -The term language acquisition refers to the development of language in children. By age 6, children have usually mastered most of the basic vocabulary and grammar of their first language.