CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Language is not only needed for interaction with others, it is an important aspect of the development of mental processes in the socio-cultural milieu. That’s why Vygotsky states that Language is the foundation of the higher cognitive process.

Detailed explanation-2: -Vygotsky’s Cognitive Development Theory postulates that social interaction is fundamental to cognitive development. Vygotsky’s theory is comprised of concepts such as culture-specific tools, language and thought interdependence, and the Zone of Proximal Development.

Detailed explanation-3: -Vygotsky viewed language as an essential tool for communication and that culture and behaviour was understood through language. Vygotsky also highlighted the critical role that language plays in cognitive development. Vygotsky’s theory says that social interactions help children develop their ability to use language.

Detailed explanation-4: -Vygotsky’s theory claims that thought and speech have different roots. And at the age of two, a child’s thought and speech collide, and the relationship between thought and speech shifts. Thought then becomes verbal and speech then becomes rational.

Detailed explanation-5: -Vygotsky’s account of speech internalization is premised on the existence of three different forms of speech activity: ‘external speech’ (or ‘social speech’), ‘egocentric speech’ (or ‘private speech’) and ‘inner speech’.