What: Atriculation-shaping of sound through airstream of lips, tongue, and/or teeth
Broca's Area: cerebrum, where organizations of the complex motor sequences necessary for speech production occur.
Central Nervous System (CNS): major division of human nervous system that includes the brain and spinal cord.
Corpus Callosum: bundle of fibers that connect the right and left hemispheres of brain.
Diaphragm: muscle separating thorax and abdomen, used for inhalation.
Distancing: (cognitive theory) gradual movement away from actual physical experiences to symbolic or representational behavior.
Forebrain (cerebrum): controls cognitive functions and language.
Hindbrain: controls basic life functions such as respiration.
Larynx: place in neck that contains vocal cords.
Manner of Articulation: how a speech sounds is produced.
Midbrain: consists of structures that assist in relaying information to and from the extremities to the spinal cord and brain.
Object Permanence: idea that objects exist even when they are not being touched, tasted, or seen.
Peripheral nervous system: major division of human nervous system, includes nerves to and from the brain and the visual and auditory nerves.
Place of articulation: where sound is formed in the mouth.
Voicing: presence or absence of the vocal cords' vibration during sound production.
Wernicke's Area: located close to the rear of the left cerebral hemisphere in the temporal lobe. Area involved with the comprehension of language.
Why: I am reading this to learn about the speech production structures, the central nervous system, cognitive bases of language development, and social bases of language development.
Reaction: It was really interesting for me to read about language and how it first comes about. I was surprised to learn all of the steps speech goes through when we hear it and how we respond (figure 3.5). I was intrigued by all of the diagrams labeling the specific parts of the brain.
Learned: While reading this chapter I learned how physiological development is very necessary and a prerequisite to acquire language. Also physical development is equally important when learning about language acquisition. There are so many ideas and concepts that affect language and how we acquire it.
Goal Setting: What I will do next after reading this chapter is that I will investigate more into the process of language acquisition. As a future special education teacher I think this is important to learn about so that we can help our students develop their language.
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