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Theorires of Language Acquistion
:pencil2: By: Hannah Lemen
Behaviorist
B.F. Skinner
Language can be practiced and reinforced in an organized fashion
Conditioned behavior = a desired response can become conditioned through reinforcement
Observable behavior and environmental stimuli
Nature vs. Nurture?
STRICTLY NURTURE
Not based on growth and development, but on the environment
In the classroom
Students will identify visual signals and translate them into sounds and the assembly of sounds into words, phrases and senteces
Reading instruction will be based on Phonics Instruction
Based on the "Bottom-Up" Approach to learning
Includes a lot of drills and repetition
Social Interaction
Lev Vygotsky
Social Development Theory
Social interaction to learn language
2 Stages:
Child oberseves the interaction between other people
The behavior develops inside the child
Social learning precedes development
More Knowledgable Other = anyone with a higher ability level than the learner
Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) = What children can do with guidances, what children can do on their own, what is unreachable at this point in time for a child to learn
Jerome Bruner
Discovery Learning Theory
Students retain knowledge best when they discover something on their own
In the classroom
Group work and social interaction activities
Children will first work with others to solve problems and eventually begin to solve them on their own
M.A.K Halliday
Children learn language out of a need to function in society
Nature vs. Nurture
BOTH Biological influeces and environmental influences
Nativist
The Era of Natural Learning
Noam Chomsky
Children are "hard-wired" to read
Language Acquistion Device (LAD)
Biologically programed to learn language under favorable conditions
Children use mental structures to interpret linguisitc cues (Generative Grammar)
Influeced by neuroscienes and cognitive sciences
The womb is a prexisting template for language use
In the classroom
Children will learn by making meaningful use of reading, not just mindless repetition
"Top-Down" Approach
Nature vs. Nurture?
STRICTLY NATURE
Why Kids Learn Language Easily
Eric Lenneberg
Language development is like other forms of development
Something innate in children that allows them to develop language
Critical Period
Particular period of time for capacity to develop a specfic ability; if it is not developed during this time, it will never be developed fully