Challenge 3

Linguistically, what marks Piaget's sensori-motor stage? 

• The complete command of grammar

• The rapid growth of vocabulary

• The consolidated acquisition of the first language

• Logical thinking

Official linguistic contexts refer to: 

• Those in which the learner's target language is the dominant language.

• Those in which L1 speakers of different languages adopt a third language as a lingua franca.

• Those in which communities enjoy the status given to them by the language, even if it is not the first language of the majority.

• Those in which language is only considered a means of instruction.

What do “learning strategies” refer to? 

• They are concrete strategies, characterized by mental and communicative processes deployed by learners to learn a language.

• They are the natural and preferred ways for learners to learn.

• They are the learning outcomes of learners.

• They are learning strategies based on intuition. 

What are the challenges with the submersion educational context?

What’s the difference between full immersion and partial immersion programs?  

What are the four types of dual-language programs? 

What concept does this refer to?: Special time-windows in early development where experience has a profound effect on the the brain

• Lateralization

• Piaget's Cognitive Development Theory

• Vygotsky's Cognitive Development Theory

• Sensitive Period

What concept does this refer to?: The language functions become localized to the left side of the brain.

• Localization

• Lateralization

• Sensitive Time

• Piaget's Cognitive Development Theory

What concept does this refer to?: Interaction with our environment is how we acquire new information.

• Piaget's Cognitive Development Theory

• Lateralization

• Vygotsky's Cognitive Development Theory

• Sensitive Period

What concept does this refer to?: Individuals learn through social interactions and their culture through language.

• Piaget's Cognitive Development Theory

• Lateralization

• Vygotsky's Cognitive Development Theory

• Sensitive Period