Social Interactionist Model Flashcards
1
Q
Who proposed the model?
A
Bruner
2
Q
What is it?
A
Language Acquisition Support System (LASS) used to help learning. Child directed speech (CDS) used by caregivers when interacting with children
3
Q
What is expansion?
A
Childs utterances are developed into a longer, more meaningful sentence
Building on noun phrases
4
Q
What is a recast?
A
Commenting on, or rephrasing of, a child’s utterances to make it grammatically accurate
5
Q
Name features of CDS?
A
- repetition
- repeated frames
- higher pitch
- mitigated imperatives (commands in questions)
- present tense
- nouns not pronouns
- tag questions
- simplified grammar/vocabulary
- concrete nouns
- exaggerated pauses for turn taking
- expansions/recasts
- actions
- diminutives
6
Q
What is a critique of bruner’s model?
A
The Kaluli tribe in Papua New Guinea didn’t use CDS when raising children, and none of them experienced any impaired language development.
This is a blow to the nurture argument
