CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -’Fis’ and ‘Fish’ theory-children who were unable to pronounce the ‘sh’ sound so pronounced the word ‘fish’ as ‘fis’ understood what the word was supposed to sound like but could not yet pronounce it correctly. This shows that children’s understanding of words is often larger than their ability to use words.

Detailed explanation-2: -Fis phenomenon is a phenomenon during a child’s language acquisition that demonstrates that perception of phonemes occurs earlier than a child’s ability to produce the appropriate allophone.

Detailed explanation-3: -Skinner suggested that a child imitates the language of its parents or carers. Successful attempts are rewarded because an adult who recognises a word spoken by a child will praise the child and/or give it what it is asking for. Successful utterances are therefore reinforced while unsuccessful ones are forgotten.