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Unit 6 Discussion Post

What is one thing that you learned in Unit 6 that you didn’t know before?

17 thoughts on “Unit 6 Discussion Post”

  1. I learned that a when a child learns to pull themselves up by the time they are ten or elven months old thats when a child becomes capable of using their voice to express themselves. They can start to make more sounds; start to combine vowel sounds with other sounds to start to create words. At this stage a child will start to react to whats happening around them.

  2. I learnt that when a child turns 2 that’s when they begin making sentence-like structures. Children tend to acquire languages more effortlessly than adults I recall when I started speaking and learning words and vowel and consonant sounds I had a very difficult problem pronouncing “h” sounds. It’s something I had to curb very young.

  3. One thing that I learned or more so broadened my knowledge from this unit was specifically about how children experience distinct phases as they develop language skills. This encompasses learning how to form questions and the use of negatives or words indicating negation. I also didn’t know before that there are three identifiable stages in which these language structures evolve and that they occur at different ages for different children.

    In the first stage, children form questions by simply adding a Wh-form (such as “Where” or “Who”) to the beginning of the expression or by uttering the expression with a rise in intonation towards the end. In the second stage, more complex expressions can be formed, but the rising intonation strategy continues to be used. Additionally, more Wh-forms, such as “What” and “Why,” come into use. In the third stage, the required movement of the auxiliary in English questions becomes evident, but doesn’t automatically spread to all Wh-question types.

    Similarly, in the formation of negatives, children go through three stages. In the first phase, they make use of straightforward techniques such as starting the utterance with “No” or “Not”. The second phase has some more negative constructions such as “don’t” or “can’t” that start appearing before the verb. The third stage involves the introduction of other auxiliary forms such as “didn’t” & “won’t” which eventually supersede the first-stage forms. Yet, there are also a number of Stage 2 forms that are going to be in use for a very long time like “I didn’t caught it” instead of “I didn’t catch it.”

    In general, I was fascinated hearing on particular steps and patters the babies grow through while developing language skills. It highlights the complexity and systematic nature of language acquisition, and how children gradually progress towards more advanced linguistic structures.

  4. A child is already equip to speak which is fascinating.Its already coded within the child’s dna.At the age of 10 months a child is able to formulate sounds and combine certain vowels to create words.By the age of 2 kids are able to formulate sentences.Even though kids are exposed to certain aspects of things which may give them a little kick start In a good direction for them initially kids are capable to understand and develop on their own.

  5. I learned that children inherently possess the ability to speak, encoded in their DNA. By 10 months, they can produce sounds and combine vowels to form words, progressing to sentence construction by age 2. Despite external influences, I discovered that children have an innate capacity to comprehend and independently develop.

    1. Nice point. It’s truly cool to realize that children possess an innate ability to speak and progress from mere sounds-making to constructing sentences at a tender age. It seems as though their progress isn’t solely driven by external influences but also appears driven by an inherent aspect.

  6. In unit 6 Language Acquisition I learned that children from 10 months to 2 years old begin to develop their Language in take. All infants begin their language by babbling and cooling during their first year until they begin to actually pronounce sounds and vowels. By 10 months a child should be able to put together these sounds to later connect them and make sentences. Within time children over here their peers which helps them learn by hearing these words. A positive outcome with communicating with children would be to pronounce words how we normally do instead of ‘Baby Talking’ them. This is because if we baby talk the children they may grow up thinking that is the correct way to pronunciate words. Within time children by the age of 2 should be able to know certain words and sounds.

  7. On unit 6 I learned a lot!! I learned the stages of the Language Acquisition. It goes from 0 to 36 months old. Most of our first language is acquired by 3 or 4 years old. After reaching and passing that stage, our language will not impact us as much. All children around the world will acquire wherever native language they will acquire using the same schedule. (For me it was Spanish my native language, and English I still learning)

    -Between 0-6 months is the pre-talking stage (vows)
    -Between 9-18 months it is the Holophrastic stage (words)
    -When kids are 2 years old they start making sentences.
    -When kids are 30 months now EVERYTHING IS IN PLACE!!!!

    Wohoo!!!!

  8. For unit 6, I was able to learn about the stages of language acquisition. From as early as 2 months, children are able to produce gurgling sounds and babbling by month 4. They may be around 9 or 10 months old when they say their first singular word! Around 1 year old, they will begin to combine and associate 2 words together, and by the year after, they will be able to speak in grammatical correct and full, functional sentences.

  9. I learned in unit 6 is between the age 2-6 kids undergo cooing, cooing involves vows sounds. I also learned from birth to puberty is consider the critical age hypothesis. it is the time frame we are ripe for acquisition. After puberty we tend to not understand or grasp new concepts as well or a mental capacity is not as good as it was after puberty. However this is still a hypothesis.

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