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Language theories : By Kayla Roberts
Behaviorist
Definition: Focus on observed behaviors and discounts independent activities of the mind.
B.F SKinner
Sub skills for readers to master
"Visual discrimination of shapes and colors"
Auditory discrimination
Vocab Knowledge
Comprehension
"Although the behaviorist perspective dominated the psychological research of the
time, alternative theories of human learning operated beneath the surface"
Patricia A.M, Emily R., 2004, A Historical Perspective on Research and Practice, From Theoretical Models and Processes of Reading. (5th ed.). © 2004 International Reading Association. Retrieved from
https://pressbooks.howardcc.edu/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/A_Historical_Perspective_on_Reading_Research_and_P.pdf
Navitist
Definition: Children at a young age learning language skills from home. **
Chomsky
children may still call upon the LAD to learn a second language, adults and teenagers have to use other strategies, and in particular, they have to lean heavily upon their first language
Characteristics of language
Simplified in grammar and meaning
Shorter sentences - from about 8 words per sentence to four, when speaking to two year olds
More restricted range of sentence patterns
Expansion and repetition of sentences
Slower speech
Use of special words and sounds
High pitch
Large number of questions and utterances with high rising intonation - looking for feedback.
Embedded in the here and now.
Social interactions
Definition: social interaction between a child and an adult.
Vygoski
“Babies acquire language in order to survive, have their needs met, and express themselves”
"Social interaction plays a fundamental role in the process of cognitive
development."
The More Knowledgeable Other (MKO).
anyone who has a
better understanding or a higher ability level than the learner
The Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD).
the distance between a students ability to perform a task
Students ability to solve problems independently