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PIAGET

Language acquisition: interaction

VIGOTSKY

CROSS-CULTURAL RESEARCH

Studied children´s interaction

Language= symbols system that could be used to express knowledge acquired though the interaction with the physical world

child -- object

child -- people

Develop a cognitive understanding

Object permanence

stability of quantities

logical interfiering

Determine how children use language

child -- interlocutor

Only listening is not enough

if the child doesn´t understand, the interlocutor may repeat

Language develops primarly for social interaction

Supportive interactive environment

Thought was important

children advance to higher levels of knowledge & performance

ZONE OF PROXIMAL DEVELOPMENT

The environment provides what children need for language acquisition

Language acquisition depends on the way adults talk & interact with children

Adults modify the way they talk to children

Slower rate of deliver

Varied intonation

Shorter, simple sentences