Blog 9: Hawaii Pidgin

I saw this video in one of my classes from last semester, and have been waiting for this blog to show everyone.  Hawaii pidgin is a language that based on English, a way to communicate with English speakers. Although, the Hawaii pidgin language has a mixed of many different languages such as Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese, and so on. A man in the video said this is a result of immigrants coming from different areas, just everywhere. He does not know when exactly this happened. For example the Pidgin word "manapua" that is used in the video was the influence of the Chinese language, that probably come from the word "meo'ono pua'a," that translate to "delicious pig thing."  I thought that was quite interesting, especially the way they speak with mixtures of different languages, borrow words basically. 

Blog 8: Language Acquisition & Child Development

Your child is growing more social as he learns how to speak. 

Link: How Language Acquisition Affects A Child's Development 

I found this article about how children's development be affected by language acquisition. Obviously, language is an ability we have to communicate, either speaking, facial expressions, or understanding others. Although, it is different for children they are still developing their skills and learning new things everyday, even when they hit their adult years. What I found interesting by reading this article was that there are "stages" in the child's development in  language. As a infant that is when they start disguising tones in people's voice such as, "no." Also, the ability to read facial expressions like if your angry, and the beginning of communication skills. As a toddler this is around when the children start to talk a little more, they should be able to speak about 600 words. In preschool stage this is when adults start to get annoyed with their kids, because they are able to speak in full sentences and asking so many questions. This is when the child is starting their grade school years, and developing more on their language skills. Also, reaching the more complex sentences structures. I and no idea there were actual stages in the child's development of learning the language(s). In addition the more the child speaks the more social and is communicating with others, since they are still trying to learn what is the world they live in.