https://padlet.com/ESDU1/46ejq7tvxi1wjhin What is one thing you found intriguing from the video on first language acquisition? en-us 2021-05-24 22:25:08 UTC 2021-06-12 21:27:31 UTC hello@padlet.com ESDU1 https://padlet.com/ESDU1/46ejq7tvxi1wjhin/wish/1555490835 Type Response]]> 2021-05-24 22:26:13 UTC https://padlet.com/ESDU1/46ejq7tvxi1wjhin/wish/1555490835 https://padlet.com/ESDU1/46ejq7tvxi1wjhin/wish/1602736185 One thing that I found intriguing from the video was time and space being related differently according to what language the person first learned. ]]> 2021-06-12 18:57:44 UTC https://padlet.com/ESDU1/46ejq7tvxi1wjhin/wish/1602736185 https://padlet.com/ESDU1/46ejq7tvxi1wjhin/wish/1602745537 One part of the video that I found intriguing is that our first years of birth are critical for language development and I liked Vygotsky's theory about babies learning to talk from wanting to communicate with others. ]]> 2021-06-12 19:12:05 UTC https://padlet.com/ESDU1/46ejq7tvxi1wjhin/wish/1602745537 https://padlet.com/ESDU1/46ejq7tvxi1wjhin/wish/1602786286 One thing I found intriguing is that language is not so straightforward. There are many theories to how we learn language, and they all play a role in our language development from the earliest stages in life.]]> 2021-06-12 20:21:49 UTC https://padlet.com/ESDU1/46ejq7tvxi1wjhin/wish/1602786286 https://padlet.com/ESDU1/46ejq7tvxi1wjhin/wish/1602786398 The most intriguing thing I found from the video on first language acquisition is the Learning Theory. I found this to be interesting because of the reinforcement part of learning language. It only supports part of the learning of language and leaves out other parts of acquiring language.]]> 2021-06-12 20:22:01 UTC https://padlet.com/ESDU1/46ejq7tvxi1wjhin/wish/1602786398 https://padlet.com/ESDU1/46ejq7tvxi1wjhin/wish/1602787185 I found it interesting that the Innatist Theory described a special part of the brain that is used to determine the important sounds and parts of language, but it only works during the first 9 years of life.]]> 2021-06-12 20:23:20 UTC https://padlet.com/ESDU1/46ejq7tvxi1wjhin/wish/1602787185 https://padlet.com/ESDU1/46ejq7tvxi1wjhin/wish/1602787814 I found it interesting that it's more difficult for people to learn a new language after the age of 9. I also never knew that there were so many theories for developing language. ]]> 2021-06-12 20:24:23 UTC https://padlet.com/ESDU1/46ejq7tvxi1wjhin/wish/1602787814 https://padlet.com/ESDU1/46ejq7tvxi1wjhin/wish/1602788355 I found the feedback loop idea of the language development theory the most appealing. It seems to be like an evolutionary approach to linguistics.]]> 2021-06-12 20:25:20 UTC https://padlet.com/ESDU1/46ejq7tvxi1wjhin/wish/1602788355 https://padlet.com/ESDU1/46ejq7tvxi1wjhin/wish/1602788534 One thing I found intriguing from the video on first language acquisition is just how complex the topic is in the first place. We have so many theories about what we think may be happening, but nothing completely concrete. 

]]> 2021-06-12 20:25:41 UTC https://padlet.com/ESDU1/46ejq7tvxi1wjhin/wish/1602788534 https://padlet.com/ESDU1/46ejq7tvxi1wjhin/wish/1602789355 I found it interesting think I on the video was that the naturist/innatist theory relied on the idea that all babies are born with a language acquisition device, and that it really only works optimally in the youngest years. It seemed almost like a myth, devised to explain an observed phenomena - that younger children learn new langues much easier than others.]]> 2021-06-12 20:27:02 UTC https://padlet.com/ESDU1/46ejq7tvxi1wjhin/wish/1602789355 https://padlet.com/ESDU1/46ejq7tvxi1wjhin/wish/1602789992 The most intriguing part of the video for me was the learning reinforcement theory because it says that the more positive interactions from the mother or parent to the child, the more the baby will repeat and try to learn. I also like the social interaction theory by Vygostky because we do learn by interacting with others and getting our needs met.]]> 2021-06-12 20:28:09 UTC https://padlet.com/ESDU1/46ejq7tvxi1wjhin/wish/1602789992 https://padlet.com/ESDU1/46ejq7tvxi1wjhin/wish/1602790569 I found interesting what she said about the LAD and how it specializes over time to your specific language and the it become unable to detect other sounds and grammar from other languages. ]]> 2021-06-12 20:29:07 UTC https://padlet.com/ESDU1/46ejq7tvxi1wjhin/wish/1602790569 https://padlet.com/ESDU1/46ejq7tvxi1wjhin/wish/1602792179 I was most intrigued by the specificity of age 9 as a critical cutoff for losing essential first language acquisition skills. I had not ever heard that before and it seems to be such a pinpointed piece of brain development in humans.]]> 2021-06-12 20:31:53 UTC https://padlet.com/ESDU1/46ejq7tvxi1wjhin/wish/1602792179 https://padlet.com/ESDU1/46ejq7tvxi1wjhin/wish/1602798549 The most intriguing thing from the video for me was just the fact that there are several different theories and that I actually gravitated to one, in particular.  The Humanism theory.  I appreciate, at the same time, that I can take something from all of them to help inform my teaching.]]> 2021-06-12 20:43:27 UTC https://padlet.com/ESDU1/46ejq7tvxi1wjhin/wish/1602798549 https://padlet.com/ESDU1/46ejq7tvxi1wjhin/wish/1602803443 I find the Naturist/Innatist theory the most interesting. I have done a lot of reasearch about dual language acquisition (two verbal languages and varbal and sign). It is very interesting how kids naturally learn the differencese and patterns in the languages.]]> 2021-06-12 20:52:28 UTC https://padlet.com/ESDU1/46ejq7tvxi1wjhin/wish/1602803443 https://padlet.com/ESDU1/46ejq7tvxi1wjhin/wish/1602806495 I thought the critical period was very interesting. From birth to about age 8-9 is the sensitive/critical period where a child is most able to learn a language. It becomes harder to acquire a new language after that period. According to Chomsky the nativists, this is because the LAD only operates during that critical period.]]> 2021-06-12 20:57:44 UTC https://padlet.com/ESDU1/46ejq7tvxi1wjhin/wish/1602806495 https://padlet.com/ESDU1/46ejq7tvxi1wjhin/wish/1602816978 What I found intriguing is that humans have an Language Acquisition Device (LAD), which allows them to pick up any universal language from birth to approximately 9 years old.  That was Chomsky's theory.

I believe this LAD is a description of the way our human brains are biologically hardwired from DNA.]]> 2021-06-12 21:17:13 UTC https://padlet.com/ESDU1/46ejq7tvxi1wjhin/wish/1602816978 https://padlet.com/ESDU1/46ejq7tvxi1wjhin/wish/1602819246 The most intriguing thing to me was the difference between the Native/Innatist theory the Learning theorist theories being so opposite.  I also found it intriguing that there is a belief in our young neurology called LAG and that there is a critical point where the natural hard wire to language development then becomes more difficult after a critical point.]]> 2021-06-12 21:22:13 UTC https://padlet.com/ESDU1/46ejq7tvxi1wjhin/wish/1602819246