The emphasis in this program is on the development of language in babies and young children. The program follows this development from the first cry of an infant in the delivery room through that of a seven-year-old, when language development is almost complete. The program features babies and children attempting to communicate, from crying and babbling to making grammatical errors to speaking fluently. The program discusses the arguments for and against the nature/nurture debate and the Interactionist view. The Whorf-Sapir hypothesis is described and illustrated with real-life examples. The question "can non-human animals use language?" is discussed and illustrated with video of chimpanzees.

Films Media Group

Child development, Children--Language, Cognitive grammar, Language acquisition, Language arts (Preschool), Language awareness, Languages and literature, Science and math

The psychology of learning

Mash, Maggie (Narrator), Newman, Ken (Film editor), White, Graeme, Williams, Mark (Film editor), Higgins, Louise (Author of screenplay, etc.), Staveley-Taylor, Helen (Director), Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), Uniview Productions (Producer)

00:40:54 (HH:MM:SS)

English

Higher education

Name	Films Media Group (Firm)
Role	Publisher
Telephone	800-257-5126
Address	200 Metro Blvd. Suite 124 Hamilton, NJ 08619
Email	[email protected]

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