"LEGO-y": Mistake or Invention? The Constructive and Creative Nature of Children's Language Learning

On the one hand, because these mistakes are products of children's creativity and active learning, these inventions should not be punished; they should be nurtured and encouraged-much like scribbling and invented spelling are encouraged as early forms of writing. Language learning, like any oth...

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Published in:Teaching Young Children 2020-02, Vol.13 (3), p.26-27
Main Author: Boyanton, Dengting
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Active learning
Children & youth
Creativity
Educational research
Intellectual Property
Invented Spelling
Inventions
Language
Language Patterns
Learning Processes
Nouns
Teaching Methods
Verbal communication
Young Children
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Summary:On the one hand, because these mistakes are products of children's creativity and active learning, these inventions should not be punished; they should be nurtured and encouraged-much like scribbling and invented spelling are encouraged as early forms of writing. Language learning, like any other type of learning, is a trial-and-error process- children learn by trying, making errors, testing, receiving feedback, and then trying again. DENGTING BOYANTON, PhD, currently serves as president of the Sino-American Educational Research Association (S-AERA) and chair for the Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism, and Education SIG of the American Educational Research Association (AERA).
ISSN:1939-7283