Reflection On Language Acquisition Behavior

Exposition: In this section several ideas and concepts are exposed focused on language acquisition behavior. It will exhibit ideas to make clear what the issue is about and how important it is for the educational achievement of the student learners. Santrock (2012) explained that language is a form of communication whether spoken, written or signed based on a system of symbols. Language consists of the words used by a community (vocabulary) and the rules for varying and combining them. Thus, it follows therefore, that learners nowadays should be taught first with their first language to learn better in school. Is the use of mother tongue in the K to 12 curriculum serve the purpose? Along this line, it comes across my mind that one way of

Some language scholars argue that the strongest evidence for the biological basis of language is that children all over the world reach language milestones at about the same age despite vast differences in their environmental experiences. However, children do not learn language in a social vacuum. Children benefit when parents and workers actively engage them in controversations and then question, and talk with, not just listen to them. In sum, biology and experience interact to produce language development (Gathercole & Haff, 2010, Shartz,

In view with this, Chen (2009) as supported by Baumrind (2011) remind that in helping students in school there might be times when it is helpful to understand how parents reared their children. As previously discussed an idea was brought that acquisition of language behaviors were influence not only in biological ways but also environment. Along this view, Epstein (2009) states that although children grow up in diverse families, virtually in every family, parents play an important role in supporting and stimulating children’s academic achievement and attitudes toward school as well as in developing the right acquisition of language