Learning To Speak: 5 Theories Flashcards
What is Behaviourism?
children learn through reinforcement
How would Behaviourism look like in data?
Caregiver positively or negatively reinforcing language
What is Nativism?
In-build language learning device (LAD)
How would Nativism look like in data?
Children rejecting correction
Children accepting correction and then reverting back
Mistakes and inflections
Virtuous errors
What is Interactionism?
Born with nothing and learn from social environment (CDS)
How would Interactionism look like in data?
Caregivers using CDS, motherese or LASS (scaffolding).
What is Cognitivism?
Children need to be cognitively adept to talk about things- they cannot express what they can’t understand
How would Cognitivism look like in data?
Children struggling to say something they are unlikely to understand
Children using adjectives for scale/ colour/ comparing or discussion of things that are not in the scene (object permeance)
Caregivers explaining something to children
What is Social Constructivism?
Children learn rules of language (from listening to adults) and learn to construct it from patterns they recognise
How would Social Constructivism look like in data?
Virtuous errors
Formulaic expressions
