Theoretical Perspectives

1. Plan

1.1. Goals

1.1.1. Goal 1

1.1.2. Goal 2

1.2. Rules

1.2.1. Session Rule 1

1.2.2. Session Rule 2

1.3. Define Problems

1.4. Capture Ideas

1.5. Prioritize Ideas

1.6. Define Action Points

2. Nativist

2.1. Nature

2.2. Believes that people are born with the knowledge that is responsibility to learn language.also believes that people have the ability to learn language due to cognitive structures that differ from other stimuli. Chomsky is the theorist most associated with this theory

3. Cognitive developmentalist

3.1. Nature

3.1.1. Sub Idea 1

3.1.2. Sub Idea 2

3.2. emphasis in this theory is that as one matures and builds cognitive abilities then languages develop Piaget is theorist most associated with this theory

4. Interactionist

4.1. Nurture

4.2. Believes that a child learns language through trying to communicate with the world around them. language is learned out of need to function in society Vygotsky is a researcher of this theory

5. Behaviorist

5.1. Nuture

5.2. Believes that each child is born as a blank slate and must be stimulated. Learning is from reinforcements and responses in the environment Skinner is a researcher of this theory