Lesson 1Overview of Language

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Lesson 1: An overview of

language

prepared by Kinsley Ng Sen Fa, Segi College Penang, Program DECE
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LANGUAGE

The systematic, conventionaluse of sounds and

signs, or written symbols in a human society forcommunication and self-expression. It conveys

meaning that ismutually understood

COMMUNICATION

The giving (sending) and receiving ofinformation, signals or messages

EARLY LITERACY

Speaking, listening, print awareness,

writing behaviors, reading of alphabet and words,and other skills that evolve and change over time,

culminating in conventional literacy


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The nature of language

Language issymbolic

Language is arbitraryconstruction that

people agree

Language is a

communication tool

Language is the means

to maintain interpersonal

relationship

Language is a system of

structurally related elements

for the transmission of

meaning


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PhonologyThe sound system of a

language and how it is

represented with an

alphabetic code

Components of

language

Syntax

The arrangement of

words as elements in a

sentence to show their

relationship

SEMANTIC

The study of meanings

associated with words and

the acquisition of vocabulary

PRAGMATICSThe study of how language is used

effectively in a social context; varying

speech patterns depending on social

circumstances and the context of situation


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PHONEME

The smallest units of

speech that

distinguished one

utterance from another

MORPHEME

The smallest units of

language standing by

itself with recognized

meaning.


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GRAMMAR

The way sounds are

organized to

communicate meaning.

OVERREGULARIZATION

The tendency on the part

of children to make the

language regular, such

as using past tenses like

ed on verb endings


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Pragmatic

skillsTurns-taking in

conversation

Answer when

being asked

Body-language

(signs and

gestures)To stay on the

subject of a

conversation

Maintaining the

right amount of

eye contact

Using different

communicative

styles to suit

different

communicative

partners

Learning that in

certainsituations,

talking is

inappropriate


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Receptive

language

expressive

languageOr(productive

language)

The child

speaks the

word at anappropriate

time and place

Or

(comprehension

language)

The child hear a

word andanticipate or

react

appropriately

Productive language lags

behind receptive language

Filled with pauses and

repetition initially


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Childrens pretending

to read

Early

literacy

Strategies young children use

in their attempts to

comprehend / produce oral /

written language

Happens best in an

atmosphere of social

collaboration with peers

and others who are more

literate

Understand that books

are handled in

particular ways

Vocalization play

gives way to

enjoyment of

rhyming and non-

sense languageplay

Label objects in

book

Listen to stories

Request adults

to read / write

Increasing

purposive

scribble

Seems to distinguish

between drawing and

writing

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Lesson 1Overview of Language