Chapter 1: Introduction 1.1: What is Language Development? Language is the communication of information through symbols arranged according to systematic rules. Speech and language are tools that humans use to share their feelings. Speech is talking‚ one way that a language can be expressed. In fact‚ language is a particular kind of system for encoding and decoding information.Language may also be expressed through writing or gestures in the case of people who have neurological disorders and may
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Speech‚ language & communication Speech‚ language and communication are all important to a child ’s overall development. They are used to interact with others‚ explore the environment‚ make sense of everyday experiences‚ access information and understand concepts‚ organise thoughts and make ideas and to express your feeling and understand the feelings of others. Speech is vocalised language. Usually this is learnt before leaning to write. We use speech to communicate and express ideas‚ thoughts
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theories of language development that try to explain how a child learns a language and how issues can appear‚ slowing or inhibiting that development. The first is the Behaviorist Perspective. This theory states that children develop their language skills through operant conditioning. As they attempt to speak and make sounds that resemble words‚ they are rewarded with praise. Some behaviourists believe that children imitate words and are rewarded for doing so‚ thus leading to their language development
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THEORY OF PLAY Play is behaviour that humans and animals participate in to explore and learn in their environments. Humans are involved in play all their lives to learn and to have pleasure. Through play children‚ among other things‚ develop language that then is the basis for literacy skills that are taught at schools. Play develops a number of skills: Fine and gross motor skills Sensory knowledge (sight‚ hearing‚ taste‚ touch‚ exploration of space) Exploration of different roles
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Assessment Criteria 2.4 Explain how positive changes to the communication environment can support communication development for children and young people with behavioural‚ emotional and social difficulties. There are many positive changes to the communication environment which can be made to support the communication development of children with BSED‚ and some have already been outlined in Assessment 2.2 and 2.3. Other positive changes may include using visual support in the form of picture cards
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Communicational / Language Development Method: Narrative/Note taking Age of the child: 3 years‚ 25 days The communicational/language observation also took place within the playroom. I was observing a male who was 3 years and 25 days of age. The child I observed had speech difficulties and is currently being put onto a program to help him. The aim of my observation was to observe the communicational skills of a child with speech difficulties through the use of language. The method I used
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Importance of Knowing Language LaShawnda Henson ECE: 303 Language Development in Young Children Marya Perez January 17‚ 2011 Importance of Knowing Language Language both oral and written is of utmost importance to human kind. Language is how one communicates‚ and understands the world. If children are going to lean and communicate in society their development of a wide range of language competencies are essential to guarantee their success in a mixture of settings in their everyday
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Miscommunications In language we use many different sounds to create words; we then use those words to communicate with one another our basic needs and wants. It’s astounding how we have learned to say many things and communicated with people‚ yet somehow many things can always be misinterpreted. There is always some type of ambiguity with what is said between one another. Although we talk to each other and we might think we are getting the message being sent to one. With family‚ friends‚ and complete
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or not children should have support in their native languages‚ there are surprisingly several theories. With each article and author‚ with each study‚ a new idea is formed. Likewise‚ non-linguists responded the same way. For the interviews‚ I interviewed Isaac‚ Betty‚ and Chantelle. All thought that support came from the family and they had various reasons why they thought so; when it came to potential problems‚ social factors were the answer. Native Language Support Betty believed that there
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Factors that support Communication (AO1) Section B‚ Activity 2 Promoting equality and diversity Equality is a legal framework that helps avoid discrimination; meaning that you treat an individual fairly and‚ equally without showing a preference of another individual due to their ability‚ disability‚ race or religion. This also means that you meet the needs of an individual‚ covering the area of their age‚ disability‚ race‚ social class‚ gender and religion and‚ the service users have the right
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