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Language Learning Key Concepts - Coggle Diagram
Language Learning Key Concepts
Nature of Language
Language as both form and substance
language is likely to be able to express certain things and incapable of others
Language as an acitvity
considered as either a pursuit of the mind or the brain
Language as a form
language classifies speech by form and not by meaning
Language as a system of arbitrary vocal symbols
anguage will work effectively in performing its functions if its symbols are appropriately perceived by both the speaker and the listener/receiver of the message
Language as a substance
language is composed of items that one can see and hear, feel and think about
Language as structural view, communicative view and interactional view
Acquisition versus learning
Acquisition
children acquire their first language
integral part of the unity of all language
based on the neuro-psychological processes
Learning
conscious process
product of either formal learning
situation or a self-study programme
learning English as a second language
Language learner attributes
willing to make mistakes
enjoy grammar
willing and accurate guessers
make their own opportunities, and find strategies for getting
practice in using the language inside and outside the classroom
motivated to learn and they believe that they are capable of
learning.
Language learning process
Young children and home language
Children need interaction with others in order to acquire and learn how language works from
those interactions
Bilingualism and its Impact on Cognitive Development
If a child hasn’t mastered their first
language they will struggle mastering a second language
Brain development and language
scaffolding method
English Language Learners (ELL) in the Mainstream Classroom