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LANGUAGE ACQUISITION THEORIES

First (Native)

LAT

1. Behaviorist

Children

Learn Language

Sounds

2. Innatist

Capacity language

Linguistic knowledge

Hard wired

3. Interactionist

Social interaction

Child and adults

Linguistically accomplished

Second Language Acquisition Theories

1. Behaviorist Perspective (SLA)

The audio-lingual method

Listening and Speaking

Reading and Writing

2. Innatist Perspective (SLA)

English Language Learners (ELL)

Analysis

The native language (L1)

The target language (L2)

3. Interactionist Perspective (SLA)

Native and no-native speakers

Negotiation of meaning

4. Sociocultural Theory

Cognitive constructivism

Means of language

The standpoint

Social and interactive process