First Language Acquisition by G. Yule

First Language Acquisition (Yule. G. Chapter 16.)

1. Which are two important features of the caretaker speech?

-          The characteristically simplified speech adopted by someone who spends a lot of time interacting with a young child.

-          This person uses a lot of questions and often using exaggerated intonation.

2. What is the term used to describe the process where a child uses one word like “Ball” to refer to an apple, an egg and a ball?

Overextension:  this process is when the child overextends the meaning of something which has similar characteristics, such as; shape, size, sound, and so on. 

3. Why saying that children learn because they imitate is controversial?

Because they dot no only learn by imitating speech patterns but by constructing their own sentences and testing them whether they work or not.

4. Do children change behaviour when they are corrected?

No, they do not change behaviour indeed when they are corrected. They continue saying the same words.

5. What is the role of feedback in children learning?

The feedback process appears when the child is talking, and use it his knowledge. The practice seems to be an important factor in the development of the child's linguistic repertoire.