English Language Theorists

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• Recognised four stages to language development: 1. Preparatory Stage (4-7) - Basic Motor Skills are developed, spelling is acquired2. Consolidation Stage (7-9) - Children begin to use writing to express meaning, start to use sentences to speak.3. Differentiation Stage (9) - Writing and speach develops patterns, and becomes more diverse.4. Integration Stage (14-) - Develop 'personal choice' when writing and speaking, continues to develop through life.

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• Children learn to speak by immitating their parents and by being rewarded and punished by their role models

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• Babies are born with the innate knowlege of the structure of language, this speeds up their learning of native languages.

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• Language development goes hand in hand with the development of knowlege.

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• 1. Language is social: Children initially use language to get what they want and to stay connected with others. 2. Childrens language development is accelerated according to quantity and quality of there social interaction.

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• The human brain is designed to acquire language at a certain time (during the first five years). If you have passed this time, then normal language acquisition is not possible.

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• Three stages to language development: 1. Labelling - Making links between words and objects 2. Packaging - understanding words and their meanings 3. Network Building - Grasping the connections, similarities and differences between their words

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• As time goes on, language becomes more informal.

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• We subconsciously change our language to identify with a group of people

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• Language was once a beautiful castle, which has decayed over time.

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• Language changes because we are lazy with it.

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• Language influences thought and controlled it, allowing for change to occur