Rehabilitation Sciences 3760A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Nonverbal Communication, Language Acquisition, Sign Language
2 Apr 2018
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Speech is amazing: we can produce 14 phonemes per second! English speakers talk at an average rate of 150 words per minute! individual sounds: use upwards of 100 muscles to produce these sounds! children comprehend speech within the rst year. Language acquisition overlaps and relies on social and cognitive growth. 2 1 2 years 540 words: development of communication competence are you competent communicators concise. Uency repsond appropraitely eye contact tone of voice appropriate body language. Interactions with others use language when interacting with others: appropriate communication in various settings parents, teachers, kids, making sense of communication. Language development is characterized by stages continuous not linear: non-verbal social exchanges formal language and written language bit of both but overall continuous children are creative. The cat meows not meows the cat punctuation sentence length: semantics meaning of words. Those old things in the corner are my kids. the kids in the corner are old.
