It is a fact that with little assistance from adults, most
children obtain a very complex language system in a very short period.
- Nativists believe that young children have a “built in” comprehension and ability that ease language acquisition
- Information processing theorists relate general beliefs of cognition to explain how some features of language may develop.
- Sociocultural theorists stress the position that social relations take part in language learning.
- Functionalists suggest that children develop language mainly because it improves their efficiency in social groups and boosts their capability to please their own needs.
Trends in Language Development
- Younger children add several thousand new words to their vocabulary each year.
- As they get older, they begin to use syntax to understand other people and make sentences with complex syntactic structures.
- They can have longer conversations and can change their words to better fit their listeners
Diversity and Exceptionalities in Language Development
- Children from higher SES backgrounds usually have a more superior vocabulary because they are exposed to more words.
- Different ethnic groups have different dialects and sociolinguistic behaviors.
- Disabilities to include abnormalities in receptive or expressive language, hearing impairments and, to a lesser extent, visual impairments could cause differences in language development
Below is a graph that depicts the
level of language development from infancy to early childhood.
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