Child Development and the Process of Learning

Before children learn to use their words to inform them of their needs and desires, they must learn to read first, to understand adult behavior, to respond to actions (Bishop and Baird, 2007). Worthwhile actions contribute to the social and emotional development of children by expressing responses to children's emotions and certain experiences whether or not they are controlled (Berk, 2006 ). Pre-school teachers are struggling to deal with and help children with challenging behavior, and the teachers themselves are looking for answers and solutions.

Child development is a process that all children experience. This process includes learning and acquiring skills such as sitting, walking, talking, jumping and wearing shoes. Most children learn these skills in a predictable period called development milestone. Milestones evolve sequentially. This means that your child needs to develop some skills before developing other skills. For example, children must first learn to crawl and pull them to the standing position before they can walk. All milestones children receive are based on the last milestone

Child development and learning focusing on linguistic development This article focuses on language development, about children's development and learning. It will explain the development of the language skills of children as well as the main stages of the development of "milestones" and will discuss key concepts related to language acquisition and social learning theory. In this article I will also explore the major theorists involved in language development, mainly Vygotsky and Chomsky, and how these theories can be explored.

Language development is the process of learning languages ​​in the early stages of human development. This process involves learning languages ​​through learning or imitation. As children grow, language development changes from simple to complicated (Barrett, p. 13). For example, a baby does not use a language for communication after birth. However, in 4 months old, the baby can use the voice and can read the lips. This language is called "chaos"

There are many theories related to the development of children; behaviorism and nativist are two of them. Behaviorism focuses on language acquisition process, which shows that children learn through observation and strengthening. For example, if a parent encourages a child to say "mother" or "dad" and the child answers, the parent is excited to urge the child to repeat it and the child may try to repeat it It becomes high. Activists such as Watson (1924) and B. F. Skinner assert that children's development is "a continuous process of change determined by the environment, which may vary from individual to individual." (Doherty and Hughes, 2009: 37) Reinforcement and imitation are useful for early language development, but since this viewpoint focuses on visible behavior, important children such as "thought, feeling, emotion" Actions can not be dealt with or ignored. (Berk, 2006: 355)