Which of the following is true of young children's language learning?
A)Talking to children in the first month of life accelerates their language progress.
B)Young children start speaking earlier than they start understanding others' speech.
C)Young children's speech consists entirely of memorizing phrases and repeating them.
D)Even very young children appear to be applying rules of grammar.

Question

Which of the following is true of young children's language learning?​
A)Talking to children in the first month of life accelerates their language progress.
B)​Young children start speaking earlier than they start understanding others' speech.
C)​Young children's speech consists entirely of memorizing phrases and repeating them.
D)​Even very young children appear to be applying rules of grammar.

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Even very young children, around the age of two, begin to apply rules of grammar, such as adding "-ing" to verbs for present progressive tense or using subject-verb-object sentence structure. This indicates that language learning involves more than just memorization of phrases. Option A is not necessarily true as studies have shown that talking to infants in the first month of life has no significant impact on language development. Option B is also not true as children start understanding speech before they start speaking. Option C is not true as children also use grammar rules to create novel sentences.

Which of the Following Is True of Young Children's Language