Itiseveryoneagreesahugetaskthatthechildperformswhenhelearnstospeakandthefactthathedoessoinsoshortaperiodoftimechallengesexplanation.Languagelearningbeginswithlistening.Individualchildrenvar
Itiseveryoneagreesahugetaskthatthechildperformswhenhelearnstospeakandthefactthathedoessoinsoshortaperiodoftimechallengesexplanation.
Languagelearningbeginswithlistening.Individualchildrenvarygreatlyintheamountoflisteningtheydobeforetheystartspeakingandlatestartersareoftenlonglisteners.Mostchildrenwill“obey”spokeninstructionssometimebeforetheycanspeakthoughtheword“obey”ishardlyaccurate(准确的)asadescriptionoftheeageranddelightedcooperationusuallyshownbythechild.Beforetheycanspeakmanychildrenwillalsoaskquestionsbygestureandbymakingquestioningnoises.
Anyattempttotrace(探索)thedevelopmentfromthenoisesbabiesmaketotheirfirstspokenwordsleadstoconsiderabledifficulties.Itisagreedthattheyenjoymakingnoisesandthatduringthefirstfewmonthsoneortwonoisessortthemselvesoutasparticularlyindicativeof(表示)delightsufferingandsoon.Butsincethesecannotbesaidtoshowthebaby’sintentiontocommunicatetheycanhardlyberegardedasearlyformsoflanguage.Itisagreedtoothatfromaboutthreemonthstheyplaywithsoundsforenjoymentandthatbysixmonthstheyareabletoaddnewsoundstotheirsoundcollection.Thisself-imitation(模仿)leadsontodeliberate(深思熟虑的)imitationofsoundsmadeorwordsspokentothembyotherpeople.Theproblemthenarisesastothepointatwhichonecansaythattheseimitationscanbeconsideredasspeech.
1.By“…challengesexplanation”theauthormeansthat______.
A.noexplanationisnecessaryforsuchanobviousphenomenon
B.noexplanationhasbeenmadeuptonow
C.it’snoeasyjobtoprovideanadequateexplanation
D.it’shightimethatanexplanationwasprovided
2.Theauthor’spurposeinwritingthesecondparagraphistoshowthatchildren______.
A.usuallyobeywithoutaskingquestions
B.arepassiveintheprocessoflearningtospeak
C.areborncooperative
D.learntospeakbylistening
3.Thethirdparagraphismainlyabout______.
A.thedevelopmentofbabies’earlyformsoflanguage
B.thedifficultiesofbabiesinlearningtospeak
C.babies’strongdesiretocommunicate