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Nativist |
- Child's ability to acquire language = inbuilt - Chomsky (1965) |
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Noam Chomsky (nativist) |
- Believes learning takes place through an innate brain mechanism - Pre-programmed with the ability to acquire grammatical structures - Language Acquisition Devices (LADs) - Human languages share similarities, which he describes as universal grammar |
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Cognitive |
- Focuses on the importance of mental processes - Piaget |
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Piaget (Cognitive) |
- Stated that a child needs to have developed certain mental abilities before he or she can acquire particular aspects of language - A young child cannot mentally process the concept that something can exist outside their immediate surroundings = egocentric - By 18 months - children realise that things have object permanence (can exist all the time without being seen) - Child can then understand more abstract concepts like past, present and future |
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Opposing Cognitive Theory |
- Doesn't explain how some people with learning difficulties are still linguistically fluent - Suggests that cognitive development and language development aren't as closely linked as the Cognitive theory suggests |
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Behaviourist Theory |
- Children learn through imitation and reinforcement from parents - Skinner (1957) |
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Opposing Behaviourist Theory |
- Doesn't explain grammar: can form sentences they've never heard - Doesn't explain overgeneralisation as adults don't make these mistakes usually |
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Interactive Theory |
- Caregiver's support child's linguistic development in social situations - Bruner (1983) |
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Bruner (interactive) |
- There are clear patterns of interaction in everyday life such as meal time, bath time and when playing - Caregiver points things out and asks questions - Then the child gradually takes a more active part in social situations |