Author Question: Examine the controversy surrounding the goal of second language learning. Do you think young ... (Read 106 times)

penguins · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Examine the controversy surrounding the goal of second language learning. Do you think young children should be encouraged to become bilingual? Address the controversy, and justify the reasoning behind your response.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Explain and discuss the process of fast-mapping and the related idea of logical extension.

What will be an ideal response?

sylvia · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Students should address the controversy by pointing out both sides: 1) that children
should become proficient in one language only; and 2) that everyone should learn at
least two languages, especially during the language-sensitive early childhood years.Their responses should be clearly justified.

Answer to Question 2

Fast-mapping involves the use of an interconnected set of categories for
vocabulary-building that speeds the development of learning new words. It is
imprecise in the sense that the new word is not necessarily accurately defined
before it is assimilated and its meaning is grouped with a category or group of words
that are used to discuss or think about a topic. The logical extension concept refers
to the child's having learned a specific word and then applying it to other, unnamed
objects in the same category. Logical extension is similar to generalizing from a
specific fact to a group of items. Both terms allow a terrific surge of perceptual
interrelationships between words for the child.