language theories

Question 1

innatist perspective

Answer 1

children innately acquire universal grammar during critical periods of development.

• chomsky
• krashen
• monitor hypothesis
• acquisition learning
• natural order
• comprehensible input
• affective filtering

Question 2

cognitive perspective

Answer 2

second language acquisition is learned through perception, memory, categorization, and generalization

• info processing
• declarative/procedural knowledge
• usage-based learning
• language and the brain
• noticing hypothesis

Question 3

sociocultural perspective

Answer 3

language acquisition occurs through social interaction.

• vygotsky
• zone of proximal development

Question 4

behaviorist perspective

Answer 4

-skinner
-4 ways of learning:
imitation
practice
reinforcement
habit formations