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- 1Child language acquistion theoriesLanguage development
- 2SkinnerBehaviourist theory- performed experiments on rats and discovered they could be taught and rewarded for correct actions
Operant Conditioning- children learn language through imitation and reinforcement - 3Criticism of SkinnerChildren do not imitate language or construct grammatically construct sentences as soon as they begin to talk.
- 4ChomskyLAD- children must have a head start to help them. children have an innate capacity for language learning.
- 5Criticism of Chomskydoes not place sufficent importance on the role of caregivers
- 6Halliday7 functions of language- Instrumental, Regulatory, Interactional, Personal, Imagincative, Heurisitic, Representational
- 7BrunerLASS- importance of childs interaction with caregiver.
Scaffolding- modelling how speech ought to take place in order to help language development - 8Criticism of BrunerDoesn't focus on imitation/ positive and negative reinforcement
- 9Katherine NelsonLooked at childs first words, 4 catergories: Naming, Actions/events, describing things, personal/ social words
60% of first words are nouns - 10Clarkover extension- when a child uses a more specific word to label a more general noun
under extension- child uses a more general word but will only apply to a specific situation - 11Initiation, response, feedback3 part conversational exchange
Initiation- mother asks child a question
Response- child provides response
Feedback- mother praises child for giving appropriate answer - 12VgotskyScaffolding- suggested the importance of 'doing' for a child to be able to develop.
importance of caregiver is to act as more knowledgeable other - 13Stages of child language development Pre-birthbefore birth a baby can recognise its mothers voice. 6 moths before birth a babys ears are formed.
- 14Pre-verbal stagecrying, cooing, babbling
involves experimenting with sounds.
crying exercises vocal chords
cooing around 2 months - 15Holophrastic stage one word stage12-18 months
child conveys whole sentence worth of meaning in a single word
rely heavily on non-verbal communication - 16Two word stage18 months old
children put 2 words together
non verbal communication is less essential
'vocabulary spurt' 18 months - 17Telegraphic stage2 years old
children produce longer and complex utterances - 18post- telegraphic stagechilds speech becomes more adult
age 4
child speaking grammatically accurately in complete sentences - 19addition and reduplicationthe repetition of particular sounds to create a CVCV structure
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- AS - Level English language Flashcards on Theories , created by Chloe Woolner on 21/04/2017.
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