1. HYPOTHESIS:
The child's
language
behaviour is
shaped by:
The quality and
quantity of the
language the child
hears.
Consistency of the
reinforcement
offered by others.
2. Imitation and
practice are the
primary
processes in
language
development.
3. Behaviorism does
not explain the
acquisition of the
more complex
grammar that
children acquire.
4. Influential
figure: B.F.
Skinner.
The innatist
perspective
3.
Influential
figure:
Noam
Chomsky.
1. Hypothesis:
All human
languages are
based on some
innate universal
principles.
The environment offers a
basic contribution: People
who speak to the child.
The child's
biological
endowment.
2. Children
discover the
underlying rules
of a language on
the samples of a
natural
language they
are exposed to.
Interactionist/developmental
perspectives
3. They argue that
innatists place too
much emphasis on the
"final state" of a
language and not
enough to the
developmental aspects
of language acquisition.
4. Earliest proponents:
Piaget (interaction is the
expression of written
symbols) and Vygotsky
(social interaction results
from internalized
speech).
1. Hypothesis:
Language acquisition is
based on both
learners´ innate
abilities and on
opportunities to
engage in
conversations.
Language develops
primarily from social
interaction.
2. Zone of proximal
development:
Metaphorical place in
which children can do
more than they wold
be capable of doing
independently.