Natural History

of Language
Development
Berna Cris Navarro
BEED 1-B
Motivation
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TWISTERS

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SEASHELLS BY THE
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BREAD AND TED
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TWISTERS
 PETER PIPER PICKED A PECK
OF PICKELED PEPPERS, A
PECK OF PICKLED PEPPERS
PETER PIPER PICKED , IF
PETER PIPER PICKED A PECK
OF PICKLED PEPPERS,
WHERE’S THE PECK OF
PICKLED PEPPERS PETER
PIPER PICKED?
Objectives

1. Explain the Natural History

of Language Development.
2. Determine the Importance
of Natural History Language
Development.
3. Write your own opinion
about the Natural History of
Language Development
 What is
Language?
 Language!
• Method of
human
communication
either spoken or
written.
• Process of
exchanging info.
Natural History
of Language
Development
Natural History of
Language Development

1.Principles of Reinforcement
2.Imitation
3.Language Acquisition Device (LAD) or
Nativist theory
4.Language Acquisition Support
System (LASS) or Social interactionism
 Principle of Reinforcement.
o Any event that strengthens or
increase the frequency of a
behavior it follows.
Two basic types:
1. Positives Reinforcement
2. Negative reinforcement
 Principle of Reinforcement.
1. Positives • Negative
Reinforcement reinforcement-
- (such as a involves taking
reward) an unpleasant
involves the stimulus away.
presenting a These are things
pleasant which are good
stimulus. when it stops.
 Imitation
• Is an advanced behavior whereby
nindividual observes and replicates
another’s behavior.
• Children learn language by imitating
words spoken around them
• It also transfer of information between
individuals without the genetic
inheritance.
 NATIVIST THEORY

Language acquisition
is an innate structure
or function of the
human brain
Proposed by NOAM
CHOMSKY
Language
Acquisition
device (LAD)
 NATIVIST THEORY

Language Acquisition Device (LAD)

• Term for an innate language-
processing capacity that is
programmed to recognize the
universal rules that underlie any
particular language that is child
might hear.
 NATIVIST THEORY

Language Acquisition Device (LAD)

• Children do not need any kind of
formal teaching to speak.
• Innate ability to learn language, a
biological brain mechanism
NATIVIST THEORY

Optimal learning Age

3-10 years old
• a child is the most likely to
learn a language in its entirety
and grasp fluency.
 SOCIAL
INTERACTIONISM
 Based on principle
that communication
interaction plays a
central role in children’s
acquisition of language
Proposed by Jerome
Bruner
Language
Acquisition Support
System (LASS)
 Language Acquisition
Support System (LASS)

• Term for the parental behavior and

formatted events within which children
acquire language
•Refers to the importance child’s social
support network.
Antecedent of
Language
Development

1.Psuedodialogues
2.Protodeclaratives
3.Protoimperatives
 PSUEDODIALOGUES

• This is one of the early training devices.

• Characterized by the give and take of
conversation between the child and the mother.
 PROTODECLARATIVES

• The child uses

gestures to make a
description about the
statement
• Child points indicate
the desire to share an
experience with
another person.
 PROTOIMPERATIVES

• The child still uses

gestures but these
gesture are used to let
someone do for
him/her. Make
statements about the
things and let
someone do it for
him/her
Thank you!
For
listening.