Kelompok 1 Name: Lailatul M, M. Khoirul Wafa, M. Chikal Mahadmaja Class: lV A

Kelompok 1

Name: Lailatul M, M. Khoirul Wafa, M. Chikal Mahadmaja

Class: lV A

Language, Learning and Teaching

A.   Age and Acquisition

According to Lenneberg, bilingual language acquisition can only happened during the critical period. The critical period hypothesis is associated with neurophysiological mechanism suggesting that in late bilinguals are represented part of the brain. This loss of the brain’s plasticity explains why adults may need more time and effort compared to children in second language learning.

B.  Language

The definition is a statement that captures the key features of a concept. Those features may vary depending on your own understanding of the concept.

Language is a complex, specialized skill, which develops in the child spontaneously, without conscious effort of formal instruction is deployed without awareness of its underlying logic is qualitatively the same in every individual and is distinct from more general abilities to process information or behave intelligently.

Language yield has consolidation of number composite definition.

1.      Language is systematic

2.      Language is a set of arbitrary symbols.

3.      Those symbols are primarily vocal, but may also be visual.

4.      The symbols have conventionalized meanings to which they refer.

5.      Language is use for communication.

6.      Language operates in a speech community of culture.

7.      Language is essential human although possibly not limited to human.

8.      Language is acquired by all people in much the same way.

C.   Learning and Teaching

Learning is acquiring or getting of knowledge of a subject or a skill  by study, experience, or instruction.

Teaching is defined a showing or helping someone to learn how to do something, giving instruction, guiding in the study of something providing with knowledge, causing to know or understand.

Breaking down the component of the definition of learning.

1.      Learning is acquisition or getting

2.      Learning is retention of information or skill.

3.      Retention implies storage system, memory, cognitive organization.

4.       Learning involves active, conscious focus on and acting upon event outside or inside the organism.

5.      Learning is relatively permanent but subject to forgetting.

6.      Learning involves some form of practice, perhaps reinforced practice.

7.      Learning is a change in behavior.