Children Language Acquisation

1. Suppose a friend of yours has a son, George, who is three years old.
Your friend has been

explaining to you that George has a problem with forming the past tense of verbs, for
example, George says “Yesterday I go to the park” and “Last week I swim in the pool.”
But your friend has a plan: he is going to spend one hour each day with George, having the
child imitate the past tense forms of the verbs, and he will give George a piece of candy
for each correct imitation.
i.Which theory/theories of language acquisition does your friend assume?
(Active Construction of a grammar theory)
ii.Will your friend’s plan work? Explain why or why not.
(yes, they will, because the child uses the grammar to produce utterances, when those
utterances differ from adult speech, they are reflecting the differences in the two grammars)
iii.What suggestions would you give your friend? Explain why, using a relevant theory.
(Give the child reward for their effort and the child must make the connection in his or her
own time to help the child discover what is wrong with their own utterances)
2. For each pair of statements below, indicate which one is true and which one is false. For
the true statement, say which theory of language acquisition best accounts for it as well as
which theory is the least suited to explain the statement. Explain your answers:
a.
 A Chinese child adopted soon after birth by a Danish family will learn Danish just
like other children growing up in Denmark with Danish parents.
(The statement is true. The appropriate theory for this statement is social interaction
theory. Dalam theori ini, cara anak kecil memperoleh bahasa itu berdasarkan apa
yang dia dengar dari orang dewasa atau orang skitar. In this theory, the way in which
older children and adult talk to infants play a crucial role in how a child acquires
language.)
 A Chinese child adopted soon after birth by a Danish family will learn Danish more
slowly than other children growing up in Denmark with Danish parents because the
child is genetically predisposed to learn Chinese.
b.
 Children say things like foots and both mans before they master the correct forms
feet and both men because they overuse the rule for regular plural formation.
(The statement is true. The suitable theory for this statement is Active Construction
of A Grammar Theory. Dalam teori ini, anak kecil menciptakan grammar mereka
sendiri. This theory, children actually invent the rules of grammar by themselves.)
 Children never say things like foots and both mans, because they imitate what adults
say and no adult would say this.
3. Explain what the children are doing with language.

- Anak-anak mempunyai bahasanya sendiri
How are these utterances different from the adult norm?
- Grammar
What do the children not know about the English language yet?
- Grammar
On the other hand, what do the children already demonstrate knowing about English in
order to use it so creatively?
- the child has created and edited his or her own grammar to the point where it
matches an adult’s grammar.
Which theory of language acquisition best accounts for these data? Why?
- Active Construction of a Grammar Theory

Karena, contoh kalimatnya salah, ungrammatically.
4. Discuss the effectiveness of the father’s strategy in teaching the child. Also think about what
the father’s and children respective objectives are. Which theory of language acquisition does
this example refute?
- Strategi yang efektif digunakan oleh sang ayah adalah Active Construction of a Grammar.
Karna anak-anak mendengarkan bahasa di sekitar mereka dan menganalisisnya untuk
menentukan suatu pola, mereka menghipotesiskan suatu aturan untuk menjelaskannya. Mereka
menambahkan aturan ini pada tata bahasa mereka yang sedang tumbuh dan menggunakannya
dalam membangun ucapan.
- tujuan dari ayah dan anak terhadap contoh diatas

Adalah untuk membenarkan kalimat atau grammar dari si anak. Dengan memberikan contoh-
contoh secara mendetail. Kata perkata untuk menjelaskan kesalahan kalimatnya secara
langsung. Dalam contoh dibawah ini si anak terbisa mengakatan “sendok” dengan
memasukkan angka. Seperti satu sendok dua sendok dll, sementara untuk mengatakan satu
sendok cukup menggunakan “spoon” tapi si anak tetap mengatakan dengan “one spoon”
jadi ketika si anak ingin meminta sendok lain ia mengatakan “other one spoon” dan si ayah
mencoba untuk memberarkan dengan langsung memberikan contoh.
- Theory yg digunakan: Reinforcement theory.

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1. Suppose a friend of yours has a son, George, who is three years old.

Your friend has been

3. Explain what the children are doing with language.

- Active Construction of a Grammar Theory

- tujuan dari ayah dan anak terhadap contoh diatas

- Theory yg digunakan: Reinforcement theory.

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