Jaymie Ticknor Developmental Psychology 3620 Sect 853 16 October 2013 Lecture 19 Chapter 9 Powerpoint Language Development tool for communication there is a critical window for language learning first 5 years continue to grow synaptic connections second critical window is 12 years 3 year olds can learn foreign languages through social interaction not so much through videos As years go on pruning of synaptic connections start that were not used Child Directed Speech unconsciously talk like a child to another child stimulates language Effective learning strategies keep going speaking not worry about mistakes Talking to baby will facilitate their language development Learning multiple languages does not delay baby progress Broca s Area muscles of speech expressive part of language Wernicke s Area written and spoken language comprehension next to Auditory Area Most cases understand it immediately left hemisphere normally work together Right hemisphere comes into play when emotions are involved Stages of Language Development Prenatal development prelinguistic period holophrase telegraphic period preschoolers school aged children adolescents Prenatal Development a fetus can hear many things in utero between 14 to 16 weeks Research says infants prefer the sound of their mother reading The Cat in the Hat when feta heard it prenatally than something else Newborns also show a preference for the language that their mother speaks They respond with some reaction facial expressions etc Implications play music lullabies different languages may work
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