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  1. Aug 2017
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    1. "prewired"

      Is languae development the only prewiring to our blank slate status as a new born??

    2. thus their language development is impaired.

      Although unable to porduce or observe an oral language, sign language has been proven to aide a student and prevent that underdevelopment. Children need this language during the first 5 years of life.

    3. The interactionlst perspective contends that children acquire language through their attempts to communclate with the world around them

      are they acquiring language or developing a specific language through those interactions?

    4. The close relation between cognitive devel-opment and language is based on the beliof that. for language lo develop, specific cognilivo growth must occur first.

      Does this include growth of alll language that are being learned? Must a student reacha level in all language before being able to use it?

    5. Pinker concluded that it must come from human biological instinct rather than from the existence of the culture.

      Language is in a human's natural instinct but the use and development of that language comes through nurture. Nature vs/ Nuture goes hand and hand. Cannot have one without the other.

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    1. How phonological knowledge develops.

      Describes the importance of phonics. The most basic building block to reading, writing, and language development.