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What is Universal Grammar

Chapter 2
Transformative Pedagogical Perspectives on Home Language Use in Classrooms
Theoretical or hypothetical matrix of categories, operations, and principles shared by all human languages and considered to be intuitive and innate.
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The Immanent Presence of the Home Language in the Foreign Language Classroom Under the Transformative-Holistic Pedagogical Paradigm: A Reflective and Experiential Note
Rosana Herrero-Martín (The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados)
Copyright: © 2021 |Pages: 20
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-4075-6.ch002
Abstract
The purpose of this chapter is to advocate for the integrated use of the home language/culture in the foreign language/culture classroom. This recommendation is made with the support and application of transformative-holistic pedagogical principles. The chapter uses reflection and experiential methods to engage with the selected area and paradigm of inquiry from several multidisciplinary analytical and critical perspectives. These frames of reference include the cognitive, cross-cultural, affective, neuroscientific, metalinguistic, and literacy approaches.
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Using Software to Deliver Language Intervention in Inclusionary Settings
Contemporary linguistic theory describes Universal Grammar as consisting of a series of principles that govern the forms of that human language, and a set of parameters that vary across languages in binary fashion. All human languages have these principles and parameters in common.
Published in Chapter: Using Software to Deliver Language Intervention in Inclusionary Settings; From: Handbook of Research on Human Cognition and Assistive Technology: Design, Accessibility and Transdisciplinary Perspectives
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