CLA theories

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A level English (Child Language Acquisition) Flashcards on CLA theories, created by Izzy Collinson on 05/12/2016.
Izzy Collinson
Flashcards by Izzy Collinson, updated more than 1 year ago
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Behaviourism Skinner Children learn language through imitation & reinforcement (positive//negative). Operant Conditioning
Instinctive & Innate ability Chomsky Children have an innate ability to learn language with an internalised rule system. VIRTUOUS ERRORS Language Acquisition Device (LAD) is triggered by (incomplete) input from adults.
LAD works in a Critical Period Lennenburg Explains why Genie couldn't learn language, which was a previous criticism of Chomsky.
WUG test Jean Berko Children understand the rules for making plurals. They make Virtuous Errors. Supports Chomsky: children can recognise & apply rules of grammar.
Interactionism: Child Directed Speech Bruner Emphasised importance of interaction between children & adult. Language Acquisition Support System (LASS)
Construction Theory (usage based) Tomasello Adult input is important. Children build up templates by working out patterns from what adults say.
Cognitive/intellectual development & language development Piaget Children have to understand a concept before they can linguistically articulate it. egocentrism -> realising object permanence -> seriation (in order/sequence) -> formal operational stage (action)
Social Interactionist Vygotsky (variant on Bruner) Emphasised play. children learn what they are ready to learn Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD): "the difference between level of performance unaided and what they can do with support.
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