Reflect on the knowledge

Reflect on the knowledge and concepts you have learned in this course. With these thoughts in mind, complete the following:

• Describe three or more ways that your knowledge about language acquisition and development has increased.
• Summarize three or more insights you have gained about young children in relation to language acquisition and development.
• Identify any misconceptions or assumptions you held about language development that were dispelled in this course, and explain how and why each was dispelled.
• Reflect on the two observations and interviews you conducted during the course. In what ways, did these firsthand experiences demonstrate for you the uniqueness of the process of language development? Use specific examples from the observations and interviews to support your response.