Theoretical Perspectives on Language Acquisition
by Alicia Hart

1. Nativist Perspective
1.1. Noam Chomsky
1.2. humans are born with innate capabilities to acquire language
2. Interactionist Perspective
2.1. Lev Vygotsky
2.2. children aquire language through interactions
2.3. speech is social and includes both ego-centric and communicative speech
3. Cognitive Developmental Perspective
3.1. Jean Piaget
3.2. language is learned like other learning
3.2.1. Task
3.2.2. Prerequisites
3.3. some specific cognitive development must occur before language can develop
3.3.1. Task
3.3.2. Prerequisites