1. Jean Piaget is the theorist of this perspective and believes that language is developed as the child grow and matures competence develops. Children learn their environment through their sensory experiences and movement.
2. Nativitist Perspective
2.1. Noam Chomsky
2.2. This theoretical perspective emphasis on the capability as nature being responsible for language development inborn or innate with syntactic knowledge being the focus. Noam Chomsky is the theorist. Chomsky believes everyone is capable of acquiring language because of cognitive structure that process language.
3. Cognitive Perspective
4. Jean Piaget
5. Interactive Perspective
6. Vygotsky
7. Behaviorist
7.1. Skinner
8. Language occurs through social interaction, Vygotsky who is the theorist believes language built on each of the three perspectives. Language is a development process and happens in an environment where social communication is occurring often between individuals.
9. Behaviorist emphasizes the role of nurture and learning happens through stimuli, response and reinforcements in the environment. skinner says infants are more likely to repeat a sound after they see the positive response of their mother or caregiver.
