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The document summarizes a group discussion on theories of language acquisition in infants. The group identified ways to facilitate communication development in infants such as using verbatim speech and infant-directed speech. They also discussed actions to avoid such as using controlling interaction styles or mixing languages which could undermine development.

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LLE201 GD2Summary

The document summarizes a group discussion on theories of language acquisition in infants. The group identified ways to facilitate communication development in infants such as using verbatim speech and infant-directed speech. They also discussed actions to avoid such as using controlling interaction styles or mixing languages which could undermine development.

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UP-Open University

LLE201: Language Acquisition, Principles, Theories and Research

Summarizer: Rose Sugar Sabordo-Alfaro

Group Discussion Summary

This week’s readings, “Communication Development in Infancy” and “Speech Perception” provided us
theories and models to better understand how language is being acquired or learned by young children
and how this development in infancy may affect their linguistic competence later in life. We were
introduced to theories that thoroughly explain speech perception among babies and were able to draw
implications on these topics.

I would like to present what our group gleaned from those readings and as answers to the first question
posited in the group discussion. As to the question, what will you do to help facilitate successful
communication development at this stage? Here’s the group’s take on this:

 Communicate verbally and in verbatim to young children to aid them to segment words and so
that children would know the boundaries of each word from fluent speech, thus giving them a
hint where does a single utterance or word starts and stops
 When speaking to infants or children, accentuate and rhythmically speak the words out to catch
the infant’s attention and to help them focus on certain words. Observe the objects that the
child is interested in and direct your focus to it as well
 Be sensitive to the non-verbal cues that infants send in attempting to communicate and use
these non-verbal cues as well when talking to them
 Provide a positive and a nurturing linguistic milieu to infants such as providing books that
encourages activities such as smelling, touching, etc.
 Communicate with the child in complete phrases and refrain from using “fake” words to help
them build better vocabularies
 Spend more time talking to infants and use infant-directed speech in an animated, happy way of
talking
 Allow the infant to interact with his/her environment

On the other hand, the other question asked what to avoid doing in order not to undermine successful
communication development at this stage. This is what we got from the exchanges of our ideas:

 Avoid using the verbally-intrusive or controlling style, instead, be more sensitive to the interest
of children and direct the focus of interaction
 Use of drills and flashcards should be in minimum use because gimmicks like this may not even
good for infants especially if they are not interested in it
 Avoid altering their speech perception abilities by forcing them to experience or use the non-
native language or any language not spoken by the people in his/her environment
 Do not mix two languages simultaneously when speaking to infants since this may cause
confusion to them
 Avoid speaking to them in harsh, low-toned voice since babies are highly sensitive to pitch, and
as research shows, they are more responsive to high-pitched voices

Indeed, through this exchange of thoughts and ideas, we as a group learned from each other, together.

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