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Constructing a Language: A Usage-Based Theory of Language Acquisition Michael Tomasello
Publisher: Harvard University Press

In order to actually acquire a language — any language — understanding of grammar and syntax needs to be a part of the sentence construction as one idea leads into the next to create meaning and understanding. These culturally invented technologies include not just obvious things such as computers and television, but also more abstract notions such as the way a culture categorizes phenomena, and language itself. Constructing a language: a usage-based theory of language acquisition. Search *Tomasello, Michael: Constructing language: a usage-based theory of language acquisition. The ultimate objective of this focused study is to promote literature-based literacy instruction which values language learners' personal connections, multiple perspectives and critical reflections. Steven Pinker (2007), The stuff of thought: language as a window into human nature, Allen Lane. The personal web site of Mary Mason. (Morrow & Gambrell, 2000; Nuttall, 1996), it seems necessary that local educators create a supportive learning environment in which students are engaged in extensive reading of alternative instructional materials to construct meaning instead of merely decoding. Process of stealing one language to feed another, an entire ego movement without the id was born just to be discarded with the first verbalized “mama” — and that is the great shame and legacy of the “Baby Signs” non-theory of language acquisition. Introduction SLA (Second language acquisition) is a process through which an individual learns a second language as an additional language after When considering second language acquisition and motivation, it is important to put two motivational constructs into consideration. Bruner Enactive representation ( action-based); Iconic representation (image-based); Symbolic representation (language-based) The concept of discovery learning implies that students construct their own knowledge for themselves (also known as a constructist approach). In Covington's self-worthy theory (1998), the importance of the learner's ideas were emphasized, their own beliefs, the strategy they use, and the level of their desire to deal with the task at hand.