An overview of the language acquisition schedule. Note: the age milestones for each stage are averages. Also, this video only address the acquisition of spoken language.
The demonstration of lil babies and childten in black nd white + black fancy glasses😂😂😂 I love how you manage to make so clear that anybody can understand. Keep it up!
I just came from your morphology series and the “Antidisestablishmentarianism” joke made me laugh out loud. Thank you for the amazing videos Evan, greetings from Turkey 😄
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 00:14 🗣️ Language acquisition commences at birth and operates unconsciously, while language learning is a more deliberate process beginning later in childhood and extending into adulthood. 00:28 🌱 There is a critical period for acquiring language that begins in earnest at birth and continues through puberty; if no language is acquired during this time, it may be extremely difficult for the child to use language beyond a basic level. 01:54 🎙️ The stages of language acquisition include crying, vocal exploration, reduplicated babbling, variegated babbling, production of individual words, two-word speech, telegraphic speech, and then experimentation with morphology and semantics. 03:37 🤔 Children often make memorable errors in language acquisition due to over-generalization or the incorrect application of a grammatical rule, as well as over-extension where they apply a broader semantic range to words. 04:33 🧠 Children actively analyze the patterns and constructions used in language, acting as little statisticians, rather than just imitating others; correction does not necessarily expedite language acquisition. Made with HARPA AI
I really understand here better than i do in college. I feel such relief to find that the part that i don't really get is already explained by you. You're the best ❤️
thanks sir for making video after a long pause. i hope now there will be no such a long pause. please make more videos. the thing i like in your videos is that you comprehend topic very well!
I really love the lessons explained by u cuz ur accent makes me enjoy the explanation. I hope u make a video explaining the difference between language acquisition and language learning.
Fantastic! We all love everything you’ve been doing throughout these many years. If I may ask, what do you think about Stephen Krashen and his famous hypothesis? Although you’re especially addressing first language acquisition, he regards both L1 and L2 acquisition as equal. Thank you, Evan!
It's been a while since I read Krashen, but I would agree that L1 and L2 acquisition are essentially equal if the child is acquiring both languages at the same time (in a true bilingual environment). However, I would argue that, generally, if the person is past puberty (outside of the critical period), that L2 "learning" would be very different from L1 "acquisition".
Hi Evan! I have a question for you. What do you mean by "if no language is acquired during this time, then it would be extremely difficult, if not impossible, for the child to use language at anything more than a very basic level?" Do you mean that children can only become proficient in a language if they acquire it during the critical period? I'm asking you that because I often see older children/teenagers becoming fluent in English here in the US. Thank you!
Hi Ivan. The critical period addresses first language acquisition, so all this means is that a child must acquire (at least) one language roughly between birth and puberty, because if they do not, they will most likely never be able to use (any) language with fluency. You are correct that kids learn other languages all the time, but that pertains to second language acquisition (L2). For example, I learned a fair amount of Spanish in high school (as an L2), but I acquired English (as my L1) from birth through puberty. I hope that helps!
I love your video so much. However, I would like to know how baby can process language in a bilingual environment. Would they be confused and min up the information they've observed. And think it is one single language at their early stage of development? Also,would it be easier for them to learn another language if they are raised in a bilingual environment compare to people who only speak one language?
Hello! If babies raised in a bilingual environment do confuse the stimuli from each language, it certainly doesn't last very long. It is quite incredible, but young humans are very much like statisticians in that they are able to take the data they dear (human language), categorize it, and reliably determine which phonemes belong with which language (and all that stems from phonemic distinction). Also, yes, overall I think it is easier for bilingual speakers to learn another language compared to a monolingual, but there are a LOT of factors (e.g., grammar of target language compared to those already spoken, age acquiring the language, effort, method).
Hello professor, could you say where the spontaneous (verbal and apparently non nonsensical) language use between siblings of the same age (twins, triplets, etc...) at around 1 to 2 year old fits in this milestone overview?
Hello! If they are using nonsensical language, I'm guessing the children are using variegated babbling. In fact, the children may have reached the one-word, two word, or even telegraphic speech stage, in which case their use of variegated babbling might represent a bit of verbal play 🙂
Look who's back!! Welcome back my hero😍🙋love ur videos 💗 I have a question... how can I improve my pronunciation? Like I wanna speak more clearly and like English native speakers ☺️ And I should say you sound perfect 👌
Thanks for your kind words :) I think the most effective way to improve your pronunciation (in any language) is to immerse yourself in that language. The more you hear the target language and the more you practice the pronunciation in that language, the more natural it will become.
I always see these but I have a question how are we supposed to acquire it? Like if you don’t live in the country you can’t acquire it and to top that off when your a kid you have someone explaining it like for example your mom grabs your hand and says hand so now you know this thing ✋🏽 is called hand but if a kid that didn’t know that word just heart it he’d have no idea could someone give me some tips don’t get me wrong I’m very opened minded somethings just not clicking though
Hi Ray. When you acquire your first language (say, English), you really don't think much about it (hence you "acquire" it, not learn it, between birth and puberty"). Now, along the way, teachers and parents may guide your use of English but this sort of feedback provided by parents and teachers isn't really as effective as simply allowing the child to acquire the language simply by being exposed to it. You acquired all sorts of knowledge about English (from the meaning of words to grammatical structure) simply by listening, and you are not aware of this process when you are young.
Well, in short, I'm much more interested in the "nurture" side of the debate, but I acknowledge that language acquisition really involves both nature and nurture. On the one hand, I agree with the "nature" side of the debate advocated by philosophical rationalism generally and linguistic formalism more specifically that humans are to an extent "hardwired" to use language (e.g., existence of the Fox P2 gene, anatomical landmarks in the brain responsible for linguistic functions such as Broca's Area, Wernicke's Area, the lowering of the larynx over time among hominids), but I don't agree with Chomsky's "poverty of the stimulus" argument, and, in this sense, I align more with philosophical empiricism generally and linguistic cognitive-functionalism, specifically. In general, where formal linguists would argue that the human brain must have some help (in the form of Chomsky's Language Acquisition Device"--LAD) which is separate from cognition, I would argue that there is no need for a LAD, that language and cognition are inextricably linked. Formalists seem to think the human brain isn't powerful enough to explain how children acquire language as quickly as they do without some help (cue the LAD), but I think the human brain is powerful enough to do that because of its plasticity early in life.
Hello professor, IAM a third year student in a Moroccan faculty, I find a difficulty in understand linguistics , it's not suitable for me , but i didn't have a chance to study literature which is my favorite major ,my level still terrible , but i followed some of your lessons and i got a good mark , I want to ask you professor if you have a website or a pack of lessons IAM just in harmony with your teaching method.
Hi Dadda. Thank you for watching my videos, but, unfortunately, I don't have a website or group of lessons--all I have is on my CZcams channel. Sorry about that!
Hi Vira. I'm not quite sure what you mean by "characteristics", but in addition to this video on "stages of language acquisition", you might consider checking out my video on "Some of Hockett's Design Features", which address the "characteristics" of human language vs. animal communication, and some of those design features have to do with language acquisition. I hope that helps!
Hi Rugo. I feel weird about the idea of selling private lessons (and I don't have a lot of time for those lessons)... I guess these CZcams videos are the closet I get to "private lessons"
Hi Anastiasiia. Caregiver speech is practiced in some societies but not in others. For example, in America, parents/caregivers often treat young children as active participants in discourse (for example, if you ever see parents bring their children to a restaurant, they will often include them in conversations--though parents will often speak to them with higher pitch, increased volume, and use of simpler vocabulary and grammar), but this practice is, for example, not used nearly as much in a place like Japan, where younger children are not often explicitly included in discourse (or even addressed) in a conversation in which the child is present. Not all cultures value caregiver speech, and even among those that do, caregiver speech may be valued in different ways. I hope that helps!
@@evanashworth490ahm, thank you so much sir for the response. It was my PowerPoint presentation last February unfortunately, it was already finished. The problem i have on the topic was, i didn't know what topics i should put on my presentation at that time. It was confusing since functional theory and language acquisition have so many concepts. So, my final work on my presentation was consist first and second language acquisition, stages of language acquisition from birth onwards, then i include the innateness, LAD behaviourist, which was noam chomsky's theory and the debate between noam chomsky and other linguists regarding on how a child acquired language. So, my report confusing, i didn't know what should I put on my PowerPoint at that time. And i was checking CZcams and Google and i came up to language acquisition device, noam chomsky's theories and i include the debate which some linguists criticized his theory, the stages of language acquisition, like crying, cooing etc. I also included gow brain play the important role on language acquisition. I already submitted the PowerPoint presentation to my professor. And, anyways, i am so thankful for your response., we didn't tackle Functionalism and formalism yet and this was another helpful video.
"The first stage is called Crying"
It seems to me I've never gone past this stage.
Would love to see a video like this for Second language Acquisition. Love your videos!
Hi, Cassandra! I may add a video on this topic in the future. Thank so much for watching my videos!
Its amazing how you make stuff easier after my teacher had turned them into an unsolvable mystery. Thank you!
Happened to me too 😂
The demonstration of lil babies and childten in black nd white + black fancy glasses😂😂😂
I love how you manage to make so clear that anybody can understand. Keep it up!
I just came from your morphology series and the “Antidisestablishmentarianism” joke made me laugh out loud. Thank you for the amazing videos Evan, greetings from Turkey 😄
We are looking forward to seeing u talk about some cources concerned applied linguistics . And thanks in advance
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation:
00:14 🗣️ Language acquisition commences at birth and operates unconsciously, while language learning is a more deliberate process beginning later in childhood and extending into adulthood.
00:28 🌱 There is a critical period for acquiring language that begins in earnest at birth and continues through puberty; if no language is acquired during this time, it may be extremely difficult for the child to use language beyond a basic level.
01:54 🎙️ The stages of language acquisition include crying, vocal exploration, reduplicated babbling, variegated babbling, production of individual words, two-word speech, telegraphic speech, and then experimentation with morphology and semantics.
03:37 🤔 Children often make memorable errors in language acquisition due to over-generalization or the incorrect application of a grammatical rule, as well as over-extension where they apply a broader semantic range to words.
04:33 🧠 Children actively analyze the patterns and constructions used in language, acting as little statisticians, rather than just imitating others; correction does not necessarily expedite language acquisition.
Made with HARPA AI
Wow, this has come as a huge gift ! Thank you Prof Evan 😊
The comical recreations were the best Prof. Evan !!! Really helps
I love your humor!
Thank you so much for explaining such a complex topic .
You're a master you deserve more appreciation for this content
Glad to see you back Mr. Ashworth
I really understand here better than i do in college. I feel such relief to find that the part that i don't really get is already explained by you. You're the best ❤️
Excited to see you here after a long while prof. Hope to see you with a video on language learning next time.
Amazing videos making complex topics fun to watch! Thank you !
Love the cutaways. Made me laugh multiple times. Informative and entertaining! Job well done!
thanks sir for making video after a long pause.
i hope now there will be no such a long pause. please make more videos. the thing i like in your videos is that you comprehend topic very well!
i have never enjoyed studying linguistics before , thanks a lot
Absolutely brilliant and informative. Thank you.
your voice is suitable for an audibooks reader or podcasting .. a well explained video thanks
Wow i understand all about it within 5 minutes.. very well explained. Thank you
It's the first time I see your videos i like the way you explain, thank you so much
I really love the lessons explained by u cuz ur accent makes me enjoy the explanation. I hope u make a video explaining the difference between language acquisition and language learning.
I watched this video on CZcams Go, and came here to drop a like :D Thanks a lot
Great explanation professor.. I get the idea while I am laughing 😅.. I love the black and white guy.. Great acting. Cheers from Algeria🇩🇿🙌🏻
The best all the time ❤.
Great explanation, thank you.
Improved the style of explanation ❤ it's fun to learn with having some funny videos together 😁
You made it so simple. Thank you.
You know what I love you already ! Keep it up!
I am eager to learn more 😊
thank you! this is so easy to understand!
We demand 4 videos a week, power to the people.
I wish I had the time to make that many videos!
Hello, thanks for your videos. Please upload more frequently, if possible.
I have my exam tomorrow and this was incredibly helpful 🙏🙏
You are so great Prof thanks!!
Thank you for a great video.
It's very useful. And I need a lesson about Contrastive analysis and Error Analysis .
Thank you! Can you do a sum up video of Applied linguistics.
Love your vids! More please!
omg i just used the word antidisestablishmentarianism for the first time in a decade yesterday. spooky
great explanation! you'd write a good book
I honestly this is really my first time i enjoy studying 😊
Very interesting. I love this video.
ohh wow! you are not only a good teacher but also a good actor, i must say!
impressive!
direcet, informative, hilarious 10/10 you're amazing
I liked the sense of humor you add 😂😂👍🏻
wow sir.. such a informative video.. i feel worth watching. love you
Knowledge and entertainment. Good job.
Useful for my assignment , I appreciate it :)
GREAT VIDEO! I LOVED IT! 🤩
Thank you🌹🌹
I was waiting!
I like it, it's so fantastic.
Please make more videos on grammar as well you teach really good
thank you....that was fun.....cheeers from Spain..much love ...
Soooooo good, keep going 👍🏾
It will be so nice if you could write down the keywords of the material in the description overall nice job
Thank you very much for this video.. It was helpful, please do some for Language in Context
Thank you professor for all your great efforts.
Can you send pdf
I'm sorry, I do not have a pdf of this, but took most of this from George Yule's The Study of Language (7th edition).
I loved it!
Loved the humor sir!
Can you explain the difference between roots and bases words, please? Thanks for all your great lectures
Love you sir. ❤🍁✔
Thanks for this useful video 🎉❤
funny yet you'll learn, thanks for this!
Fantastic! We all love everything you’ve been doing throughout these many years. If I may ask, what do you think about Stephen Krashen and his famous hypothesis? Although you’re especially addressing first language acquisition, he regards both L1 and L2 acquisition as equal.
Thank you, Evan!
It's been a while since I read Krashen, but I would agree that L1 and L2 acquisition are essentially equal if the child is acquiring both languages at the same time (in a true bilingual environment). However, I would argue that, generally, if the person is past puberty (outside of the critical period), that L2 "learning" would be very different from L1 "acquisition".
thank you very much sir!
You are amazing keep going 👍
As a Linguistics major, you are just amazing 😂😂
Great effort
Excellent video
Welcome dear professor, Would you please do an advanced syntax course, it would be great
Wonderful video and funny too
Please post videos on "Sonority Hierarchy"
Good job ❤❤❤
Hi Evan! I have a question for you. What do you mean by "if no language is acquired during this time, then it would be extremely difficult, if not impossible, for the child to use language at anything more than a very basic level?" Do you mean that children can only become proficient in a language if they acquire it during the critical period? I'm asking you that because I often see older children/teenagers becoming fluent in English here in the US. Thank you!
Hi Ivan. The critical period addresses first language acquisition, so all this means is that a child must acquire (at least) one language roughly between birth and puberty, because if they do not, they will most likely never be able to use (any) language with fluency. You are correct that kids learn other languages all the time, but that pertains to second language acquisition (L2). For example, I learned a fair amount of Spanish in high school (as an L2), but I acquired English (as my L1) from birth through puberty. I hope that helps!
I came to study a completely different topic, but I stayed for the dad jokes XD
Thanks sir ❤
Perfect
Very interesting indeed plz we need an explanation about syntax and morphology if you don't mind
Hello! I have a few videos on those topics on my channel.
damn loved this video :)
I love your video so much. However, I would like to know how baby can process language in a bilingual environment. Would they be confused and min up the information they've observed. And think it is one single language at their early stage of development? Also,would it be easier for them to learn another language if they are raised in a bilingual environment compare to people who only speak one language?
Hello! If babies raised in a bilingual environment do confuse the stimuli from each language, it certainly doesn't last very long. It is quite incredible, but young humans are very much like statisticians in that they are able to take the data they dear (human language), categorize it, and reliably determine which phonemes belong with which language (and all that stems from phonemic distinction). Also, yes, overall I think it is easier for bilingual speakers to learn another language compared to a monolingual, but there are a LOT of factors (e.g., grammar of target language compared to those already spoken, age acquiring the language, effort, method).
Hello professor, could you say where the spontaneous (verbal and apparently non nonsensical) language use between siblings of the same age (twins, triplets, etc...) at around 1 to 2 year old fits in this milestone overview?
Hello! If they are using nonsensical language, I'm guessing the children are using variegated babbling. In fact, the children may have reached the one-word, two word, or even telegraphic speech stage, in which case their use of variegated babbling might represent a bit of verbal play 🙂
Look who's back!! Welcome back my hero😍🙋love ur videos 💗
I have a question...
how can I improve my pronunciation? Like I wanna speak more clearly and like English native speakers ☺️
And I should say you sound perfect 👌
Thanks for your kind words :) I think the most effective way to improve your pronunciation (in any language) is to immerse yourself in that language. The more you hear the target language and the more you practice the pronunciation in that language, the more natural it will become.
@@evanashworth490 thanks for your help, I can see your point and I definitely will work on that 👍💗
Thanks again 😊💗
😮 interesting
To be honest, I was expecting a more serious video. But then the jokes came and I started to laugh so bad lol
Funny and informative.
I always see these but I have a question how are we supposed to acquire it? Like if you don’t live in the country you can’t acquire it and to top that off when your a kid you have someone explaining it like for example your mom grabs your hand and says hand so now you know this thing ✋🏽 is called hand but if a kid that didn’t know that word just heart it he’d have no idea could someone give me some tips don’t get me wrong I’m very opened minded somethings just not clicking though
Hi Ray. When you acquire your first language (say, English), you really don't think much about it (hence you "acquire" it, not learn it, between birth and puberty"). Now, along the way, teachers and parents may guide your use of English but this sort of feedback provided by parents and teachers isn't really as effective as simply allowing the child to acquire the language simply by being exposed to it. You acquired all sorts of knowledge about English (from the meaning of words to grammatical structure) simply by listening, and you are not aware of this process when you are young.
😂 amazing performance 👍❤️
Thank u I love This lesson so much 😂🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍
Can you explain the language acquisition of nature vs nurture sir. I would love to also hear your side our debate is next week!!
Well, in short, I'm much more interested in the "nurture" side of the debate, but I acknowledge that language acquisition really involves both nature and nurture. On the one hand, I agree with the "nature" side of the debate advocated by philosophical rationalism generally and linguistic formalism more specifically that humans are to an extent "hardwired" to use language (e.g., existence of the Fox P2 gene, anatomical landmarks in the brain responsible for linguistic functions such as Broca's Area, Wernicke's Area, the lowering of the larynx over time among hominids), but I don't agree with Chomsky's "poverty of the stimulus" argument, and, in this sense, I align more with philosophical empiricism generally and linguistic cognitive-functionalism, specifically. In general, where formal linguists would argue that the human brain must have some help (in the form of Chomsky's Language Acquisition Device"--LAD) which is separate from cognition, I would argue that there is no need for a LAD, that language and cognition are inextricably linked. Formalists seem to think the human brain isn't powerful enough to explain how children acquire language as quickly as they do without some help (cue the LAD), but I think the human brain is powerful enough to do that because of its plasticity early in life.
Love your videos Mr. Ashworth!
3:16 came here to learn and got attacked HAHAH thank you for this video!! helps me a lot!
Hello professor, IAM a third year student in a Moroccan faculty, I find a difficulty in understand linguistics , it's not suitable for me , but i didn't have a chance to study literature which is my favorite major ,my level still terrible , but i followed some of your lessons and i got a good mark , I want to ask you professor if you have a website or a pack of lessons IAM just in harmony with your teaching method.
Hi Dadda. Thank you for watching my videos, but, unfortunately, I don't have a website or group of lessons--all I have is on my CZcams channel. Sorry about that!
Gooood joooob 🎉🎉🎉🎉
❤️
can you explain what is the characteristics of first language acquisition, thanks in advance
Hi Vira. I'm not quite sure what you mean by "characteristics", but in addition to this video on "stages of language acquisition", you might consider checking out my video on "Some of Hockett's Design Features", which address the "characteristics" of human language vs. animal communication, and some of those design features have to do with language acquisition. I hope that helps!
Hi. This is amazing! Do you have a pdf copy of this? Thank you!
Yes, that'd be very helpful
I do not--my apologies
Can you produce an episode for language learning
This is one of my planned future videos 🙂
do you sell private linguistics lessons?
Hi Rugo. I feel weird about the idea of selling private lessons (and I don't have a lot of time for those lessons)... I guess these CZcams videos are the closet I get to "private lessons"
Could you please elaborate on the assumption that the CDS is not universal?
Hi Anastiasiia. Caregiver speech is practiced in some societies but not in others. For example, in America, parents/caregivers often treat young children as active participants in discourse (for example, if you ever see parents bring their children to a restaurant, they will often include them in conversations--though parents will often speak to them with higher pitch, increased volume, and use of simpler vocabulary and grammar), but this practice is, for example, not used nearly as much in a place like Japan, where younger children are not often explicitly included in discourse (or even addressed) in a conversation in which the child is present. Not all cultures value caregiver speech, and even among those that do, caregiver speech may be valued in different ways. I hope that helps!
Is there another part ?
No, there is not.
Sir.. Can I please ask for you help regarding the functional theory and language acquisition? Can you plz, give some sub topic under this?
Hello! If I understand you correctly, yes, I intend on making a future video about the differences between "formalism" and "functionalism".
@@evanashworth490ahm, thank you so much sir for the response. It was my PowerPoint presentation last February unfortunately, it was already finished. The problem i have on the topic was, i didn't know what topics i should put on my presentation at that time. It was confusing since functional theory and language acquisition have so many concepts. So, my final work on my presentation was consist first and second language acquisition, stages of language acquisition from birth onwards, then i include the innateness, LAD behaviourist, which was noam chomsky's theory and the debate between noam chomsky and other linguists regarding on how a child acquired language. So, my report confusing, i didn't know what should I put on my PowerPoint at that time. And i was checking CZcams and Google and i came up to language acquisition device, noam chomsky's theories and i include the debate which some linguists criticized his theory, the stages of language acquisition, like crying, cooing etc. I also included gow brain play the important role on language acquisition. I already submitted the PowerPoint presentation to my professor. And, anyways, i am so thankful for your response., we didn't tackle Functionalism and formalism yet and this was another helpful video.
3:42 this got me cracked up :D