Blog 8 - Research and Working EQ

Title: Blog 8 - Research and Working EQ

Label: Research

Due Date: Thursday October 16 by 8AM

1. What is your working EQ?

• What is the most effective way for a child to acquire a language?

2. What is a possible answer to your working EQ? Please write the answer in thesis format.

• EQ: What is the most effective way for a child to acquire a language?
• Having daily conversations in what ever language that is targeted
• Association between the meaning of the word and symbols
• Introduce words to children by theme (example: cooking- "laddel", "spatula", "pot", etc.)

3. What is the most important source you have used that has helped you come up with an answer to your working EQ?

• The most important source I have used is an episode from the television series, "The Human Language Series." The episode I have watched revolves around language acquisition within children; more specifically, first language acquisition. The video goes into detail as to what goes on during a child's mind during the first few years of his life when he or she is acquiring his language and how children are able to pick up words, grammar logic, and new sentences without being taught. The video doesn't straight up hand me the answer as to what is the most effective way a child can learn a language, but it leaves me large puzzle pieces to put together and determine which learning pathway I feel children should take when acquiring language.

4. Who is your mentor, or where are you doing mentorship, and how does what you are doing relate to your working EQ?

• My mentor is Doctor Karen Russikoff who teaches Language Acquisition up at Cal Poly Pomona. Because she is teaching my senior topic, she is a very helpful source to turn to when I would like to learn about any for of language acquisition (whether it be SLA for adults, SLA for children, or first language acquisition). She helped me narrow down what form of language acquisition I would like my senior project to revolve around by having me explore all the different forms of language acquisition. From that, I knew that I wanted to do language acquisition with kids.