learning language
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LEARNING LAN-GUAGE
The most important component of culture
LANGUAGE
Transmitted orally
Folktales Songs
Oral history Oral literature
Ballad
How children actually learn a language?
They have a genetic propensity to learn a language.
They do it by listening and trying
to communicate with adults.
They are able to learn the necessary phonemes,morphemes, and syntax.
By age one Eat Mom
By six years old 2,500 morphemes
«Mom bye-bye» «More milk»
By about age two
They start by Creating Vocabulary and grammar largely of their own construction and simple speech.
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Early stages
• Children imitate the phonemes.
• They begin to learn grammar by imitation as well.
• Parents often encourage this "baby talk" by imitating it =Positive reinforcement
• Children begin to learn standard grammar
• They learn a general rule and use it in all situations.
REGULAR IRREGULAR VERBS
The past tense of 97% English verbs is indicateby adding the suffix d or ed
REPEATED
GIVED
EATED HATED
EXAMPLE
Becoming Multilingual
By constant contact with native speakers .
Learning a second or third language
Easier in early childhood than later.
It is superior to taking foreign language classes .
Young children learn their native language in «just this way»
Surrounded by parents who essentialy speak a foreign tone
Taking foreign classes forces you to concentrate on it.
You are inmerse in the culture and learn
it simultaneosly = phychological Stressful
Learning a second language can be affected by the patterns of the first language.
Linguistic interference
Accent Grammar Grammatical Rules
«En este momento» “In or at this moment"
The literal translationNOW
Some idioms do not make literal sense
His nose is running and his feet smell.
A second language learned as adults are often quickly forgotten if not used regularly.
People tend to perform mental tasks with the language in which they learned them.
Some bilingual french Alsatians:
Example:
