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Chomsky's theory
'Language development is innate'. Structure in the brain - Language Acquisition Device, allows children to break into a language and use it. Children can pick up more than one language at an early age without being formally taught, there may be a ‘critica
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Criticism
Criticised for not addressing factors in language development such as the role of the parent or key person interacting with the child. Chomsky’s work has helped to explain why all children learn language, regardless of the language they are exposed to.
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Impact on early years practice
Linguists wonder whether there might be a period in which babies and children are primed to learn language. Learning a language without studying it becomes difficult. The idea that there is a critical period of language means children in the early years n
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Criticised for not addressing factors in language development such as the role of the parent or key person interacting with the child. Chomsky’s work has helped to explain why all children learn language, regardless of the language they are exposed to.

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