Dr Robert Winston
After watching Winston’s short video on children’s language
acquisition, I found out some interesting information:
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Children use a different part of the brain, in
comparison with an adult, when acquiring new lexis and language. This makes it
much easier for a young child to develop a second language, rather than an
adult.
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The human Larynx is much higher in a young
child, therefore it is much harder to pronounce certain sounds. In addition
this makes them a lot more viable to choking. However, the Larynx naturally
drops but 3 cm around the age of 1.
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A 15 month old baby has to co-ordinate 3o
different muscles in order to make certain sounds.
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Once a child has reached the toddler stage, they
are likely to be learning an average of 10 new words every day.
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Alongside language, children have to learn and
be taught self-awareness. Once learnt, they can demonstrate this through the
use of 1st personal pronouns. However, one drawback of
self-awareness is ‘terrible-twos’. This is when the children realises its needs
and knows how to have them met. An example would be throwing a tantrum in order
to get a specific toy.
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