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1 It is argued that children do not receive explicit correction when they use ungrammatical forms. Do you agree with this claim? Why or why not? Are there other ways in which children might get feedback or come to realize that their utterances are not grammatical?

2 To what extent do you think there are individual differences affecting children's acquisition of their first language? Based on your own personal experience, have you encountered any differences, such as with regard to rate of L1 acquisition, among children you know?

3 Do you know what was the first word or words that you produced? If so, does that word or words resemble the first words produced by others in your class? What might explain which words are the first to appear in a child's vocabulary?