Child Language Aquistion Flashcards
Noam chomsky
Nativisim approach: children have the innate ability to learn language. Have a LAD which allows humans to leanr language at speed. Says skinner’s blank slate would take alot longer
B F Skinner
Behaviorism (operant conditioning): skinner believed children start with. Blank slate of language which is developed by positive and negative reinforcement by the people around then. Eg positive reinforcement assures the child what they are saying is correct and makes them continue using that.
Jean piaget (1926) (2 stages)
4 stages (only need 2, 3): Stage 2 (2-6): pre-operational, children begun to learn to speak, very egotistical, struggle to understand the views of others. Often asks lots of questions to develop understanding of world.
Stage 3 (6-12): concrete operational, children stop being completely egotistical, start to see other views and understand others more, plus more capable of logical thought
Jean piaget theory (actual theory)
Children’s language develops with there understanding of the world around them
Children cannot use language if they don’t have a understanding of what they are saying
What is CDS
Child directed speech is a when a caregiver talk to to a child in a “childish” way to mitigate there language
Could include:
Changing pitch
Slower speech patterns
Repetition
Less grammatically complex sentences
Use of nouns to describe themselves or others
Kroll stage 1 (0-6)
Preparatory stage:
Children are developing there fine motor skills (holding a pen) and getting the hang of basic spelling.
Kroll stage 2 (7-8)
Consolidation stage:
Children begin by writing how they speak, usually is short declarative statements linked with conjuction.
Lots of errors
Unfinished sentences
Kroll stage 3 (9-10)
Differentiation stage:
Children begin to have different writing to speech, and different styles are understood.
Writing still reflects thoughts and feelings.
Kroll stage 4 (Mid teens)
Integration stage:
Children begin developing there own style which can change depending on audience and purpose.
John Abbot (1999)
“Battery hens or free range chickens”
Rotherys 4 stages (1980)
Observation and comment: see and say
Recount: a in order report with a intro and conclusion
Report: a factual report, not necessarily in order.
Narrative: story genre
Britons 3 models (1975)
Expressive
Poetic
Transactional
Expressive (Britton 1975)
Expressive writing is a egocentric writing style closely relating to piagets 0 to 7 stages.
Child will write about themselves and explore there own identity
Poetic (Britton 1975)
Named ‘literacy’ or also creative writing, follows patterns such as rhyme and rhythm, and is often focused towards creating and describing imagery
Transactional (Britton 1975)
Transactional is writing where the writer is completely detached from the context of the writing.
The writer uses a impersonal tone and is far removed from expensive writing.
