Lev Vygotsky provided many contributions to development that impacted what we know about how children learn and the kinds of environment that should be provided for optimal development of language. Vygotsky believed that the environment provides children with information that supports language development. Similarly, he theorized that language begins with communication between children and individuals in their environment. He developed the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) which is the distance between what a child can do independently and what a child can do with support from an adult. Therefore, the main role of an adult is to help children bridge the distance between what they can do independently and what they can do with some support. According to Vygotsky, …show more content…
However, given the right support, the child has the ability to attain age appropriate speech, language, and communication.
2. Describe a normally developing child in terms of his or her language development between two and three years. A normally developing child develops greatly between the ages of two and three years in terms of language development. Children ages two and three begin to ask and answer questions, requesting, calling, commenting, labeling, protesting, and negating. They also begin to develop syntax, more specifically, the use of plurals and tense. During this vital year of language development, children also begin to use new vocabulary and demonstrate clarity in their speech. Lastly, they begin to understand and use questions, count to three, and match shapes and colors.
3. What are considered the seven ‘markers’ that one would see in a normally developing infant in his/her speech/language development from six and twelve months?
The following are seven of the markers that one would see in a normally developing infant in his/her speech/language development from six to twelve