CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -“Can I have this apple?”-instrumental language as it is a means of getting and satisfying personal needs using words like “I want” or like in this example “can I”.

Detailed explanation-2: -Instrumental: “I like”, “I need” function of language giving the speaker the satisfaction once his material need is being given and received by him/her. Regulatory: the function that controls the behaviour of another person or others. Example: “Do the things I to be finished”.

Detailed explanation-3: -Instrumental functions explain that language can help us accomplish tasks, and regulatory function explains that language can help us control behavior. Interactional functions help us maintain information, and imaginative functions allow us to create worlds with others.

Detailed explanation-4: -Heuristic: This is when language is used to gain knowledge about the environment (e.g. ‘What the tractor doing?’) Imaginative: Here language is used to tell stories and jokes, and to create an imaginary environment.