language devlopment theories
by Bisceglia White
1. The nativist theory
2. emphasizes inborn or innate human capabilities or in other words “nature” is responsible for language development
3. Cognitive develop mentalist
4. Interactionist theory
5. concept of nature helping the development of speechnode
6. focuses on primary role of socio-cultural interaction in children's development of language knowledge
7. Vygotsky, Bruner, and Halliday are associated with the interactonist theory
8. The behaviorist theory
9. discusses the role of “nurture” and considers learning to occur based on the stimuli, responses, and reinforcements that occur in the environment
10. focuses on the development of schemata and the manipulation of symbols.
11. Piaget is associated with theory
12. A child is thought to be a “blank slate” and the child’s experiences in their environment are what write upon this “blank slate” (Otto).
