TEACHING IN ENGLISH Flashcards
20th Century Controversy Theorist
- B.F Skinner (1959)
- Noam Chomsky (1959)
Theorist who believe in Nature in Language Development
Noam Chomsky (1959)
Theorist who believe in Nurture in Language Development
B.F. Skinner (1957)
Environment and Experience
B.F. Skinner (1957)
Genetics and Biology
Noam Chomsky (1959)
Language could be learned primarily imitating caregivers’
speech.
B.F. Skinner (1957)
We must have some innate predisposition.
Noam Chomsky (1959)
What evidence supports the idea of a
universal grammar, and how does it explain the
rapid and seemingly effortless language
acquisition in early childhood?
Nature-Oriented Questions
To what extent do individuals possess innate
language abilities that facilitate learning, and
how might these abilities vary across
individuals?
Nature- Oriented Questions
What evidence supports or challenge the
notion that there is an optimal time frame for
language acquisition?
Nature-Oriented Questions
How does the linguistic environment, including
exposure to different languages and types of
language input, influence language
development?
Nurture-Oriented Questions
To what extent do cultural and social factors
impact language development?
Nurture-Oriented Questions
How does growing up in a bilingual or
multilingual environment affect language
development?
Nurture-Oriented Questions
What role do educational interventions and
language enrichment programs play in
fostering language development?
Nurture- Oriented Questions
There is a fixed span of years during which
language learning can take place naturally and
effortlessly, and after which it is not possible to
be completely successful.
CRITICAL PERIOD HYPOTHESIS
Children are advantaged but adults may acquire a native
accent.
Pronunciation
Adults have initial advantage but will be overtaken by
children.
Grammar (15 yrs)
If a second language is acquired early in life, it is
represented in the same location and used the
same way as a first language.
BILINGUALISM
____ acquisition in childhood might also proceed
differently and have a more variable outcome
than _______ acquisition because the ___________
are different and highly variable.
- L1
- L2
- Input condition
Although virtually all children successfully
master a first language, there are enormous
individual differences in the success of L2
acquisition, such as the view that the human
_________ but that we
are left to rely on our differing memories and
analytic abilities for L2 acquisition.
Genome guarantees L1 acquisition
ADDITIVE BILINGUALISM
NATIVE LANGUAGE (+)
TARGET LANGUAGE (+)
SUBTRACTIVE BILINGUALISM
NATIVE LANGUAGE (-)
TARGET LANGUAGE (+)
SEMILINGUALISM
NATIVE LANGUAGE (-)
TARGET LANGUAGE (-)
MONOLINGUALISM
NATIVE LANGUAGE (+)
TARGET LANGUAGE (-)
What matters is how much
language is used and that the language most recently used is the most likely to recover first.
Obler & Albert (1978)
LANGUAGE and COGNITIVE
DEVELOPMENT
- PIAGET’S THEORY
- VYGOTSKY’S THEORY
- EXECUTIVE FUNCTION
Active role of the child in constructing
their understanding of the world.
Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive
Development
Cognitive
Development Theory
Jean Piaget, Psychologist
Cognitive Development Theory 4 stages;
Sensorimotor
Preoperational
Concrete Operational
Formal Operational
Associate words with objects consistently.
Object Permanence
Sensory and motor exploration, with
early communication involving gestures,
babbling, and simple vocalizations
Language and Sensorimotor
Actions
*under the Sensorimotor Stage
Birth to 2 Years
Sensorimotor Stage
Pretend play and imagination
Express creative thoughts
Symbolic Thought
*Preoperational Stage