martes, 26 de abril de 2011

File 9.3

File 9.3
The innateness hypothesis and Language & Theories of language acquisition
a) The Innateness Hypothesis:
·         The human being has the ability for to understand and speaking language this is innate.
B) Language:
·         Humans are genetically predisposed to learn and use language.
·         Concept of noun and verb are characterizes common to all language that is Linguistics Universal.
Universal Grammar: These are a set of characteristics shares by all language.

 The biologist Eric Lenneberg says all humans have linguistics ability because it is innate them.
He had studied some animals and their behavior and characteristics, so  he did a list about the concept “behaviorism”.
1.       The  behavior  emerges before it is necessary
2.       Its appearance is not the result of a conscious decision.
3.       Its emergence  is not triggered by external events (though the surrounding environment must be sufficiently “rich “ for it to develop----- quietly
4.       Direct teaching and intensive practice have been related little effect.
5.       There is regular sequence of “milestones” as the behavior develops, and these can usually be correlated with age and other aspect of development.
6.       There is likely to be a “critical period” for the acquisition of the behavior.
These points only consider the concept behaviorism but it is not totally owner in the human being.
What is Critical Period?
This is a period of time in an individual`s life during which a behavior. There are 2 types of periods.
0-2 years:  The Child needs to be exposure to language in order to develop the brain structures and they are necessary for acquisition and acquiring native speaker competence.
10-16 years: the child can obtain a language but he/she cannot acquire native competence.
The critical period claims that If a child doesn`t have these period he/she cannot development his/her language skills or acquire them.
There are at least two sources of information available to linguistics which support the claims that there a critical periods for acquisition language.
Critical-age Hypothesis
1.       Children were exposed to little or no language in their early life.
2.       Critical –age hypothesis involves comparing the acquisition of a second language by children and by adults.
3.       Adults find it much more difficult to learn a language than children do it.
Worksheet
Complete the following comparative table.
Mains Researchers
Point of view.
Others
Vocabulary.
Complete with the correct meaning the following words.
Isolation: _______________________________________________________
Innateness:_____________________________________________________
Sleep spindle:___________________________________________________
Complete the sentences.
 
1.-  Genie explored her new ____________________________
 
2.-  Genie could not speak because she had all ready pasted her ______________________
 
3.-   With Genie case what _____________ holds is refuse.


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