-CHAPTER 1-

LANGUAGE
 Learning outcomes :

By the end of the chapter, students should be

able to :

1. discuss the importance of language and

communication in early childhood.
2. explain the development of language,
communication and literacy at the early
childhood level.
 WHAT IS LANGUAGE?

a system of communication consisting of sounds,
words, and grammar,

or

the system of communication used by people in a
particular country or type of work
Online dictionary
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TYPES OF
LANGUAGE

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 Linguistic communication
WHAT IS LINGUISTIC COMMUNICATION?

communication based upon words

and the combination of words into
sentences
WHAT IS NON-LINGUISTIC COMMUNICATION

laughing smiling

shrieking excitement
WHY DO WE COMMUNICATE?

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Relationship

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Information

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Your Thoughts
WHY DO WE COMMUNICATE?

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To Persuade

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For Entertainment

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Routine
 Relationship

• To make connections with others.

• Support, comfort, understanding, friendship, love,
etc.
• We were created to commune with others.
• Fills a basic need such as food and shelter.
 Information

• To share facts (give or get).

• To deliver and share information.
• To do and give:
- Instructions
- Reports
- Announcements
- Lectures
- News
 Your Thoughts

• To develop your own thinking (your mind);

• To learn by:

        *  Asking why?  Philosophical, not just facts

  * Sharing your ideas, turning your thoughts into

words, reflecting, thinking out loud, your opinion,
brainstorming, etc
 To Persuade

• To influence others
• Evaluate the messages you receive from others
• Getting people to do or believe what you want them
to
• Asking someone to do a task
• sharing your opinion about a controversial issue
 For Entertainment

• For enjoyment and for fun.

Examples:
- Jokes,
- Movies
- Singing
- Telling stories - I.M., cell phones
- “chillin’ ” with friends –playing sport, video games,
 Routine

• As a social ritual; do or say what is expected

• Habit, the normal thing to do in our society
• A part of day to day business of existing in a social world

Examples:
-“Hi,” “Excuse Me,” “Please,” “Thank-you,”
-“How are you?”  “Fine.” “ How are You?”  “Good.”

• Nonverbal cues are also routine:  hand shake, wave,

smile, etc.
 INTRODUCTION OF LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION,
LITERACY DEVELOPMENT OF THE EARLY CHILDHOOD

• crucial and important factors in children’s

development.
• language is also a tool for thinking and is
closely linked to children’s cognitive
development.
• Interconnected and develop together -
Language, reading and writing
 Speaking, Listening & Reading
• Speaking is an important milestone in children’s
development.
– know how to say 100 words by the age of 21 months and
will start to combine these words into short sentences
before they are 2 years old.
• Children with poor listening and speaking skills are
referred to as having language impairment.
• in the first three years of school, children take
another big step in language development as they
learn to read.
 The factors that influenced the rate of
language development:
• The complex interaction between genetic and
environmental factors.
• The quality of interaction between a caregiver
and a child
• Parental behaviour such as frequent and
regular participation to learning activities
• Child characteristics
• Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)