1. How do
children
learn a
language?

2. My sub questions:

3. My sub questions:
HOW DO
CHILDREN LEARN
A LANGUAGE?
WHAT IS DYSLEXIA WHAT IS AUTISM,
AND HOW DOES IT AND HOW DOES
EFFECT KIDS IT EFFECT KIDS
LEARNING? LEARNING?

4. HOW DO CHILDREN LEARN A
LANGUAGE?
In the early childhood silence is not golden. Almost all children (those
with language disabilities set aside) are geniuses! I mean they learn a
completely new language! They learn with hardly any teaching from
parents. Which is probably a good thing…..look at this example: a mum
sees their child looking at a dog; if she were Chinese she would say :
Ni youmeiyou kandao nali de gougou?
(Did you see the doggie over there?) How would they know which
word dog was?
Kids may be geniuses but they do make funny mistakes like; don’t
giggle me!, go me to the bathroom, I love cut-upped egg or I
runned in the park these mistakes make us see that kids learning Gougou
a language aren’t all ‘monkey see, monkey do’ but actually make
up their own words like ‘holded’ or ‘falled.

5. LANGUAGE CONT……
There is no fancy code that makes a child to speak English or Spanish or any
other language, language is learned. We are born with the ability to make 40
sounds and our genetics allows our brain to make associations between
sounds and objects, actions, or ideas. A mixing of these things allows
language. Sounds turn to have meanings. The gurgley "ma - ma - ma" of a
little baby becomes mama, and then mother! In the first years of life
children listen, practice, and learn. The funny little sounds of a young kid
practicing language (which sounds like meaningless chatter) is really their
practicing of rhythm, tone, volume, and non-verbal expressions they see on
us. Adults help children learn language the most by talking with them. Like
when a mother baby-talks with her child. Like when a father listens to the
fractured, rambling, breathless story of his 3-year-old. Or when a teacher
patiently repeats the assignment to an daydreaming student.

6. My sub questions:
HOW DO
CHILDREN LEARN
A LANGUAGE?
WHAT IS DYSLEXIA WHAT IS AUTISM,
AND HOW DOES IT AND HOW DOES
EFFECT KIDS IT EFFECT KIDS
LEARNING? LEARNING?

7. My sub questions:
HOW DO
CHILDREN LEARN
A LANGUAGE?
WHAT IS DYSLEXIA WHAT IS AUTISM,
AND HOW DOES IT AND HOW DOES
EFFECT KIDS IT EFFECT KIDS
LEARNING? LEARNING?

8. WHAT IS AUTISM, AND HOW
DOES IT EFFECT KIDS
LEARNING?
Autism (aw-tih-zum) causes children to experience a different
world than others and makes it difficult for them to talk and
express themselves with words. Autism causes some kids to act in
unusual ways. Like they might flap their arms, say words over and
over again, have temper tantrums or only play with one toy .
Autism affects about 1 in every 150 kids.
Children with Autism often find it hard to learn and make
connections that others may make easily like connecting
someone's smile to that they are feeling happy or words to
their meanings. If some one has Autism his or her brain
has trouble with a very important job; and that is making
sense of the world. Every day your brain takes in
everything around you sights, sounds, smells……. And
interprets what is going on. If your brain cold not do this
you would have trouble learning, talking ,walking, going
to school and doing all the every day stuff you never think

9. AUTISM, CONT…
No one knows what causes it for sure but it is thought
to passed through generations. There is no cure for
autism but doctors, therapists and special teacher can
help kids overcome it or adjust to it. Some kids with
mild autism when they grow up can live by themselves
but others might need some sorts of help through out
their whole lives.
1 in 150 births
1 to 1.5 million Americans
Fastest-growing developmental disability
10 - 17 % annual growth
$90 billion annual cost
90% of costs are in adult services
Cost of lifelong care can be reduced by 2/3
with early diagnosis and intervention
In 10 years, the annual cost will be
$200-400 billion

10. My sub questions:
HOW DO
CHILDREN LEARN
A LANGUAGE?
WHAT IS DYSLEXIA WHAT IS AUTISM,
AND HOW DOES IT AND HOW DOES
EFFECT KIDS IT EFFECT KIDS
LEARNING? LEARNING?

11. My sub questions:
HOW DO
CHILDREN LEARN
A LANGUAGE?
WHAT IS DYSLEXIA WHAT IS AUTISM,
AND HOW DOES IT AND HOW DOES
EFFECT KIDS IT EFFECT KIDS
LEARNING? LEARNING?

12. WHAT IS DYSLEXIA, AND
HOW DOES IT EFFECT KIDS
LEARNING? Child with
Dyslexia is a learning disability that makes it hard for children Dyslexia writing
learn to write, read and spell. Although Dyslexia doesn’t affect
speech as such, it may limit a child’s understanding and ability
to learn new words. children with dyslexia may have problems
with their short term memory, which it makes it hard for them
to process and remember information. Dyslexia creates a
weakness to process language based information. It usually
runs in the family and it can affect anyone. It is believed that
dyslexia affects at least 10 per cent of the UK.

13. Facts on Dyslexia
90 million adults have literacy skills below the Levels of Dyslexia
sixth-grade level (Dept. of Labor, 1992) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
40 million have below third grade level reading Most adults show some blips and
ability would be levels 1 or 2
75% of unemployed Levels 4 or 5 have difficulty in
33% of mothers receiving Aid to Families with spelling and punctuation. If they
Dependent Children maintain high levels of discipline,
85% of juveniles appearing in court they can be successful.
60-75% of prison inmates Levels 6 or 7 have difficulty with
40% of minority youth spelling and reading textbooks.
45% of people in the workforce They can sometimes finish college,
11% of professional workforce but it takes tremendous effort.
30% of semi-skilled and unskilled workers Levels 8 or 9 find academic
80% having learning disabilities learning almost impossible. It takes
30 million adults usually never diagnosed 2-3 times longer to finish
15-20% of the population has a reading disability assignments. They need constant
12-15% of overall population have some form of help. Their writing is better when
dyslexia done on the keyboard. They suffer
Not all are diagnosed from low self-esteem because to
Of students with specific learning disabilities repeated failure.
who receive special education services,
70-80% have deficits in reading. Dyslexia is the
most common cause of reading, writing and
spelling difficulties.

14. Bibliography
Websites I
used:
http://www.brainconnection.com/topics/?main=fa/language-acquisition
http://www.dyslexiaaction.org.uk/Page.aspx?PageId=26
http://kidshealth.org/kid/health_problems/brain/
autism.html
http://www.autism-society.org/site/PageServer?
pagename=about_whatis_factsstats
http://www.chomsky.info/onchomsky/199812--.pdf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyslexia
http://www.alphabetmats.com/facts.html
Other things I
used:
By Ellie Odyssey–The magic of language
Cathman Rm 12 (magazine)
Pictures off Google