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Skinner

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> child learn through imitation
negative reinforcement - telling child got it wrong so they don’t make same mistake again
positive reinforcement - encouraging child that they got it right so they are motivated and enjoying learning.

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Chomsky

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language is innate - children born with ability to learn language.
LAD - Language Acquisition Device
virtuous errors - overgeneralisation

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Piaget

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Cognitive theory - children only able to use language features if they actually understand

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Vygotsky

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MKO - More Knowledgable Other controls and helps conversation, helps aid language development
child playing helps their language development
ZPD - children recievin support that enables them to do more than they would without help, showing there ZPD (zone of proximal development)

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Bruner

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social interaction helps aid language development for child

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Rescorla

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overgeneralisations
categorical overextension - 1 member of a category is extended to all members of the category - e.g. apple for all round fruits
analogical overextension - word for 1 object for a different category based on similar physical properties - e.g. moon for ALL round objects
mismatch overextension - 1 word utterance that are abstract (make a statement about 1 object in relation to others)

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Dore

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Answering - giving direct resonse
Calling - attracting attention by shouting
Greeting - self evident
Labelling - simply naming or identifying a person, object or experience
Practising - using and repeating language when no adult is present
Protesting - objecting to requests
Repeating - echoing something as spoken by an adult reader
Requesting Action - demanding food, drink, a toy, assistance

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Halliday

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Heurisitc - used to learn and explore about the environment
Imaginative - language used to explore the imagination
Instrumental - used to fulfil a need on the part of the speaker
Interactional - language used to develop social interaction
Regulatory - used to influence the behaviour of others by commanding
Representational - used to exchange information

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