Child Language Aquistion Theories
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- Theories of Language development
- BEHAVIOURIST-Language acquired through imitation.
- IMITATION THEORY (Skinner 1957)- Language acquired through imitation and reinforcement. Children repeat what they hear, caregivers award with praise and reinforce by repeating word to correct mistakes.
- Important in phonological developmement as children learn specific pronunciations from adults
- Problems with imitation- Children can construct sentences they haven't heard before (aren't always directly imitating)
- Important in phonological developmement as children learn specific pronunciations from adults
- IMITATION THEORY (Skinner 1957)- Language acquired through imitation and reinforcement. Children repeat what they hear, caregivers award with praise and reinforce by repeating word to correct mistakes.
- BEHAVIOURIST-Language acquired through imitation.
- Imitation cant explain overgeneralisations e.g 'he runned away'
- Problems with imitation- Children can construct sentences they haven't heard before (aren't always directly imitating)
- Cant explain fis phenomenon
- Social
- Language develops through linguistic interaction with caregivers
- Brunner- Language Acquisition Support System(LASS) Caregivers support linguistic development in social situations.
- Theories of Language development
- BEHAVIOURIST-Language acquired through imitation.
- IMITATION THEORY (Skinner 1957)- Language acquired through imitation and reinforcement. Children repeat what they hear, caregivers award with praise and reinforce by repeating word to correct mistakes.
- Important in phonological developmement as children learn specific pronunciations from adults
- Important in phonological developmement as children learn specific pronunciations from adults
- IMITATION THEORY (Skinner 1957)- Language acquired through imitation and reinforcement. Children repeat what they hear, caregivers award with praise and reinforce by repeating word to correct mistakes.
- BEHAVIOURIST-Language acquired through imitation.
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