Assignment task: After reading, answer each of these five questions
1. Is Rebecca's language development age appropriate? Explain your answer by naming some typical developmental patterns of language in a preschooler and comparing them to Rebecca's.
What do you think of her father's response? Should he have corrected her language use? Explain your answer and include at least one citation from the textbook to support your answer.
2. Do you think it is okay when Rebecca is talking to herself? Explain your answer by specifically describing what function this private speech serves, if any? Please include at least one citation from the textbook to support your answer.
3. Rebecca sometimes walks around just like her mother does. She plays in her pretend kitchen using similar language to her mother. She utters the same phrases her mother does, too. What does this suggest about the environment and language development? Discuss the environmental contributions to language development. Use some of your own examples and include at least one citation from the textbook to support your answer.
4. How can parents and teachers best support children's language development? Name and describe 3 specific strategies for successful language development. Please include necessary citations from the textbook to support your answer.
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CASE STUDY: Cognitive Development in Preschool Children
"Daddy, I goed to washroom!" said Rebecca, a curious 3 year old.
"Well, that is wonderful news Rebecca. You went to the washroom all by yourself," said her dad.
As Rebecca went on playing with her dolls in her pretend house, she began to talk to her dolls, saying, "C'mom, dolly! You run down the path and don't falled over, dolly." She continued to talk to herself saying, "Now I am going to fetch some more clothes for my dolly!"