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According to Lennenberg, language is developed almost automatically. The world around a child doesn't have anything to do with their language development, it develops naturally. (Chapter 5 Pg 90 of Textbook)
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Children develop an understanding of the world around them through things that they do. Children need to see and experience things in order to understand them. (Chapter 5 Pg 90 of Textbook)
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According to Halliday children develop language in several stages, starting from saying what they need and not forming a whole sentence. Eventually children get to the stage where they can discuss abstract ideas. Halliday thought that children only developed language that was needed for the stage of that child's life at the time. For example a young child only needs to communicate what it needs, an older child needs to share it's opinions. (Chapter 5 Pg 89 in Textbook)
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This theory states that parents guide children and help them. At first parents give more support and then lessen that support as the children become more self-sufficient. (Chapter 5 Pg 90 of Textbook)
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Vygotsky states the zone of proximal development is when a child is able to do certain things with only some help from an adult. For example a child can name items when the adult says the beginning of the word. (Chapter 5 Pg 90 of Textbook)
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Children learn language by watching their parents. Positive reinforcement also helps children in the development of language. For example, if an adult says a word, then the child repeats it, the adult should then tell the child they did good or something of that nature. (Chapter 5 Pg. 89 of Textbook)