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A 3 page reaction paper to “Language and Education,” which appears in Life-Span, Human Development by Carol K. Sigelman and Elizabeth A. Rider. This is a fascinating chapter in that it addresses the development of what is arguably the defining characteristic of what it means to be “human,” which is the ability to use language. This point is illustrated through the authors’ opening paragraph, which refers to Helen Keller, who was both deaf and blind from infancy, and how the ability to communicate through sign language connected her connected her to her family and society. The chapter then describes in detail how young children acquire language. No additional sources cited and the bibliography is incomplete.
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Rider. This is a fascinating chapter in that it addresses the development of what is arguably the defining characteristic of what it means to be "human," which is the ability
to use language. This point is illustrated through the authors opening paragraph, which refers to Helen Keller, who was both deaf and blind from infancy, and how the ability to
communicate through sign language connected her connected her to her family and society. The chapter then describes in detail how young children acquire language. This aspect of child development
is intriguing and complex, progressing sequentially but with incredibly speed through the first years of life. This writer/tutor found it interesting that when a three-year-old, who has been using correct
grammar, suddenly changes this pattern-i.e. saying "foots goed" rather than "feet went"-it is actually a "breakthrough" rather than a step backward for the child (p. 253). This is because the
child has become conscious of the rules of grammar, that is, how to form plurals and past tense, and it over applying this new perspective. After describing child linguistic
development, the author summarizes the theories that explain this development. Chomsky and other linguists who share the Nativist perspective argue that "human have an inborn mechanism for mastering language called
the language acquisition device" (p. 255). Others say that language development is a reaction to environment. This writer/tutor finds the rationale for the Nativist perspective to be the most
persuasive and compelling. Nativists point to the fact that a baby of less than a year in age is quite capable of discerning the "grammatical rules of language" and generalizing
them in regards to "novel items" (p. 255). Also, all children of every nationality learn language in the same sequence at roughly similar ages. Parents do not systematically teach grammar
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