L.S. Vigotskij was the first scientist who characterized different direction of foreign language acquisition and native language acquisition. He defined this way to the native language as “from bottom to top” and to the foreign language inversely “from top to bottom”.
is the number of speech contacts and volume of expression in a language.
is a phase during childhood development as defined by early childhood educator Maria Montessori. According to Montessori's sensitive period hypothesis, children go through a number of sensitive periods, during which they are particularly receptive to certain types of stimuli. Montessori believed that the emotional, intellectual, physical and social development of children could be enhanced by providing the right kinds of stimuli during particular sensitive periods.
Is the most favourable period for language acquisition (approximately 1.5-5 years)
is a philosophy of psychology based on the proposition that all things that organisms do—including acting, thinking and feeling—can and should be regarded as behaviors.
is a philosophy of learning founded on the premise that, by reflecting on our experiences, we construct our own understanding of the world we live in.
means spoken word. is the concrete use of the language, the actual utterances. It is an external manifestation of langue. It is the usage of the system, but not the system.
is the whole system of language that precedes and makes speech possible.
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