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Title: Child's language acquisition theories
Description: Key theories for A level English Language, child's language acquisition
Description: Key theories for A level English Language, child's language acquisition
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Key Theories
Theory
Nativist
Behaviourist
Social interactionist
Cognitive
Definition
Humans have an inbuilt capacity to
acquire language
Language is acquired through imitation
and reinforcement
Child language is developed through
interaction with adults
Language acquisition is part of a wider
development of understanding that
develops
Key theorist
Noam Chomsky
B
...
Skinner
Jerome Bruner,
Lev Vygotsky
Lev Vygotsky,
Jean Piaget
Bold indicates a really important theorist!
Theorist
Chomsky
Theory
Language Acquisition Device
(LAD)
DeCasper & Spence
Found that very young babies
sucked dummies more when
they heard a story being read
that mother had read aloud
before they were born
Found they sucked dummies
more if they heard French
rather than English or Italian
spoken
Mehler
Fitzpatrick
Spence and Freeman
Notes
Learning takes place through an
innate brain mechanism
...
They believed that by the time
we’re born we’re familiar with our
mother’s voice
Research done on 4 day old French
babies
Found the heart rate of unborn
babies slowed if the mother spoke
calmly and slowly
Found that babies’ sucking
increased when they heard
mother’s low frequency filtered
voice as opposed to whispers
Parents simplify sounds for
children
...
Suggests they tune in to language
around them and pick it up as they
get older
Nelson
4 categories for first words:
60% of first words are nouns (first
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...
naming (things or
people)
2
...
describing/modifying
things
4
...
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group)
...
Showed
first words are proper/concrete
nouns
Emphasised that children are
active learners who use their
environment and social
interactions to shape their
language
See negatives section
See pragmatics
See pragmatics
Found that children role-play adult
behaviour
Remember that this is a simplified
guide and not definitive judgement
Title: Child's language acquisition theories
Description: Key theories for A level English Language, child's language acquisition
Description: Key theories for A level English Language, child's language acquisition