Language Acquisition and Cognitive Process: Sociology Report Analysis

This report analyzes the language acquisition skills of four students (James, Maria Garcia, David Smith, and Maria Johnson) within a sociological framework. The report assesses each student's proficiency in reading, writing, speaking, and listening, providing detailed observations and evaluations of their strengths and weaknesses. James demonstrates advanced fluency in reading and writing but struggles with speaking, while Maria Garcia exhibits intermediate reading and writing skills but excels in speaking. David Smith is proficient in reading and listening but needs improvement in speaking and writing clarity, and Maria Johnson excels in speaking and listening but struggles with writing. The report emphasizes the interconnectedness of language and cognitive processes, referencing relevant literature, and recommends strategies to enhance each student's overall cognitive development by focusing on their specific language skill deficits. The report also highlights the importance of addressing individual needs to foster comprehensive language acquisition.

Running head: SOCIOLOGY
SOCIOLOGY
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note:

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Student’s Name State of
language
acquisition
Skills exhibited Rationale Explanation of
the cognitive
process
language rule
James Smith Advanced
Fluency
Reading – James is
dwelling at the
advanced fluency
level of language
acquisition. For
him, reading is not
challenging. He is
able to decode the
words with
phonemic
awareness. He is
not observed with
any reading
difficulties.
Writing – James
exhibits excellent
writing skill with a
smaller number of
spelling errors
comparing to the
other students of the
James is an
ideal student to
be investigated
as he is the 1st
boy in the
classroom. In
spite of having
some speaking
difficulties, the
student has
excellent
knowledge as
measured by his
class test
results.
Language and
cognitive
process are
interconnected
as per the rules
of cognitive
process of
language
(Sudrajat,
2018). It is
important to
take measure
for enhancing
the speaking
skill of James to
bring all round
cognitive
development.

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classroom. Along
with this, the hand
writing style of
James is extra
ordinarily perfect
according to the age
group of the entire
class.
Speaking –
Comparing to the
writing skill, James
is observed with
some challenges in
speaking. Most of
the time, he feels
uncomfortable to
answer the
questions orally in
spite of knowing
the answers.
Listening –
Measuring the
writing skill and the
previous progress
report, it can be said

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that James possess a
good listening skill.
He understands
whatever taught in
the classroom and
apply it in the
provided tasks and
assignments.
Maria Garcia Intermediate
Fluence
Reading – Maria is
observed with
intermediate ability
of reading not
excellent as James.
Writing – She is
able to write
however; she has
some difficulties
with the spelling.
Her tasks and
assignments are
observed with
various spelling
errors.
Speaking – Maria is
The reason for
selecting Maria
is because of
her excellent
speaking skill.
She is not as
meritorious as
James;
however, she is
an excellent
speaker.
As per the rule
of cognitive
process of
language, the
student needs to
work on her
reading and
writing skill to
bring overall
cognitive
development
(White, 2017).

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able to express her
feeling and
academic
knowledge orally.
She is not observed
with any speaking
disabilities.
Listening – Maria
is also observed
with excellent
listening skill as
measured by her
speaking ability in
the classroom.
David Smith Advanced
Fluency
Reading – Like
James, David is
also an excellent
reader however he
does not feel
comfortable in
reading aloud.
Writing – David
writes without any
mistakes however
David is
situated at the
intermediate
stage in spite of
having fluency
in reading and
listening skill.
For David, it is
hardly
understood
about the skills
to be focused
more
(Budiharso,
2019). Hence, it
is advised to
David to

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his handwriting is
not clear.
Speaking – David
is an intermediate
speaker not as
excellent as Maria,
not bad as James.
Listening – David
possess an excellent
listening skill as he
can recognize the
lessons taught in the
classroom.
observe others
and improve
himself by
learning with
others.
Maria Johnson Intermediate
Fluency
Reading – Maria is
an excellent reader
and can
communicate with
others with
complete willing.
Writing – Maria is
not willing to write.
Most of the
sentences she writes
are incomplete or
She is a good
listener and
speaker
however she is
poor at writing.
In spite of being
an excellent
speaker she
needs to work
on her writing
skills to bring
overall
cognitive
development
(Ökcün-
Akçamuş et al.,

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one-word answers.
Speaking – She is
an excellent speaker
and is a good
communicator with
the peers and the
educators.
Listening – As a
good communicator
she possesses good
listening skill to
provide feedbacks
to others.
2019).

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References
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(Indonesian Journal of Language Teaching and Linguistics), 4(1), 53-64.
Ökcün-Akçamuş, M. Ç., Acarlar, F., Keçeli Kaysili, B., & Alak, G. (2019). Examination of
the relationship between gestures and vocabulary in children with autism spectrum
disorder at different language stages. Early Child Development and Care, 189(5),
777-791.
Sudrajat, D. (2018). Language Development and Acquisition in Childhood Stage:
Psycholinguistic Review. Intelegensia: Jurnal Pendidikan dan Pembelajaran, 2(2).
White, L. (2017). Syntactic categories in second language acquisition. In Handbook of
categorization in cognitive science (pp. 581-603). Elsevier.