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Language Acquisition Theorists
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- 1Berko and Brown (1960s)children believe they are speaking correctly and do not recognised mistakes mimicked by adults
- 2Katherine Nelson (1973)children's language fits into four groups: namings, actions, descriptors and social words
- 3Eve Clark (year unknown)children base overextension on physical qualities and features like taste, sound or shape
- 4Jean Aitchisonlanguage acquisition can fit into three stages: labelling, packaging and network building
- 5Noam ChomskyLanguage Acquisition Device: children are born with the pre-programmed ability to learn grammatical structures
(nativist theory) - 6Eric Lenneburgif language is not acquired before puberty, full fluency and mastery can never be achieved
(nativist theory) - 7Skinnerbehaviour/language that is reinforced by adults is more likely to reoccur
(behaviourist theory) - 8Vygotsky (theory 1)two levels of development, and a zone between called ZPD, this zone is the potential growth of the child's language
- 9Vygotsky (theory 2)Scaffolding Theory: children develop like building blocks. 'Scaffolding' represents support given by an MKO, which slowly lessens
- 10Vygotsky (theory 3)Social Interactionist Theory: children have to acquire language to function in society, and that language is like any other biologically based attachment behaviour
- 11Jerome Bruner (1996)three modes of representation: enactive (muscle memory 0 - 1), Iconic (visually based 1- 6) and Symbolic (language based 7+)
- 12Lenneburg (theory 2)Developing theory: language has to be acquired during the first 5 years of life (the critical period of development)
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- A2 Level English Language A2 (Language Acquisition) Flashcards on Language Acquisition Theorists, created by 08aliell on 17/10/2014.
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