Some A2 theories in Child Acquisition.
Not all of the theorists but a few of the main ones.
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- Theories in A2 English Language- Language acquisition.
- Chomsky 1965, Nativist
- Said that language acquisition is innate and it is a 'biological inevitability'
- Each child is said to have a Language Acquisition Devise which allows them to take in and use grammatical rules of the language.
- Berko supported this with the 'Wug' test when children knew when to make a word plural.
- Said that language acquisition is innate and it is a 'biological inevitability'
- Piaget 1986-1980, Cognitive
- A child needs to develop certain mental abilities before it can acquire particular aspects of language.
- Vygotsky
- Came up with the term 'scaffolding', where a child will learn by being helped by a caregiver.
- Scaffolding is the process of transferring a skill from adult to child and then withdrawing the support once the skill has been mastered.
- Suggests that social interaction, and experiencing different social and cultural contexts are very important for development
- Came up with the term 'scaffolding', where a child will learn by being helped by a caregiver.
- Halliday's language functions:
- Instrumental:fulfilling a need. REGULATORY: influencing others. INTERACTIONAL: used to improve social skills. PERSONAL: expressing a view. HEURISTIC:learn to explore the environment.IMAGINATIVE: usiing their imagination. RREPRESENTATIONAL: exchanging information.
- Bruner
- Came up with the 'Learning Acquisition Support System'
- The caregiver will support the child in social situations.
- Came up with the 'Learning Acquisition Support System'
- Brown- inflections
- found that children learnt inflections in this order: present participle, plural, possessive, articles, past tense, third person singular verb ending and auxiliaries.
- Chomsky 1965, Nativist
- Skinner 1975, Behaviorist:
- Argued that language is aquired by imitation and when caregivers give praise to the child for speaking correctly, the child is likely to repeat it.
- The adult is likely to reinforce the child by repeating words and phrases back to them and correcting the mistakes.
- Theories in A2 English Language- Language acquisition.
- Chomsky 1965, Nativist
- Said that language acquisition is innate and it is a 'biological inevitability'
- Each child is said to have a Language Acquisition Devise which allows them to take in and use grammatical rules of the language.
- Berko supported this with the 'Wug' test when children knew when to make a word plural.
- Said that language acquisition is innate and it is a 'biological inevitability'
- Piaget 1986-1980, Cognitive
- A child needs to develop certain mental abilities before it can acquire particular aspects of language.
- Vygotsky
- Came up with the term 'scaffolding', where a child will learn by being helped by a caregiver.
- Scaffolding is the process of transferring a skill from adult to child and then withdrawing the support once the skill has been mastered.
- Suggests that social interaction, and experiencing different social and cultural contexts are very important for development
- Came up with the term 'scaffolding', where a child will learn by being helped by a caregiver.
- Halliday's language functions:
- Instrumental:fulfilling a need. REGULATORY: influencing others. INTERACTIONAL: used to improve social skills. PERSONAL: expressing a view. HEURISTIC:learn to explore the environment.IMAGINATIVE: usiing their imagination. RREPRESENTATIONAL: exchanging information.
- Bruner
- Came up with the 'Learning Acquisition Support System'
- The caregiver will support the child in social situations.
- Came up with the 'Learning Acquisition Support System'
- Brown- inflections
- found that children learnt inflections in this order: present participle, plural, possessive, articles, past tense, third person singular verb ending and auxiliaries.
- Chomsky 1965, Nativist
- Argued that language is aquired by imitation and when caregivers give praise to the child for speaking correctly, the child is likely to repeat it.
- once a child is aware of the existence of an objects, they are likely to learn the word for it.
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