CLA Flashcards
What is Labelling
A feature of CDS - Labelling objects a child interacts with (“that is a ball”)
What is Over-Articulation
A feature of CDS- elongating vowel sounds (“babys foooood”)
What is Echoing
A feature of CDS - Repeating what a child says
What is Expansion
A feature of CDS - Repeating what a child says in a linguistically more sophisticated manner
“doggy chew”
“yes the dog is chewing”
What is Expatiation
A feature of CDS - Repeating what a child says and adding more detail
“doggy chew”
“yes the dog is chewing on the ball”
What is Reformulation
A feature of CDS - Repeating what the child said in a different formula
“doggy tail wag”
“yes the dog is wagging its tail”
What is Behaviourism
A Theory of Acquisition - Children learn through positive and negative reinforcement provided by a caregiver
Who is the main theorist who proposed Behaviourism
Skinner
What is Interactionalism
A Theory of Acquisition - Children are born with nothing and learn language from their social environment, this can include caregivers supporting them
Who is the theorist who invented the Language Acqusition Support System
(LASS) Invented by Bruner - Interactionalism
