1.1. This perspective believes that children are born as blank slates. The children learn due to stimuli, responses, and reinforcements that occur in thier environment.
1.2. Skinner
2. Cognitive
2.1. This perspective focus is language is acquired as maturation occurs and cognitive competencies develop (oto 2010).
2.2. Jean Piaget
3. Nativist
3.1. The perspective belives that everyone inherently have the ability to acquire language due to an innate human ability.
3.2. Linguist Noam Chomsky
3.3. Steven Pinker
4. Interactionist
4.1. This perspective focuses on the primary role of sociocultural interaction in the children's development of language knowledge (Otto 2010).