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Behaviorist theorists believe that children learn their first language through stimulus, response, and reinforcement.

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Innatist believe that infants come into the world with a prewiring for linguistic analysis

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Caregivers adjust use of language so that children use it properly.

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Students listen to audiotapes and are first to listen and speak and then read and write.

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Children are asked to answer questions that prompt certain common grammatical errors and then their answers are examined to see if the errors made are due to their native language

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"Behaviorists assumed that the child's mind was a tabula rasa, a blank slate awaiting the scripture of experience."

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"From the innatist perspective, children construct grammar through a process of hypothesis testing."

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Innatist Perspective - Teaching Theories

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Interactionists study the language mothers and other caregivers use when caring for infants and young children, with special attention to modifications they make during these social interactions to assist children in communication.

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"The audio lingual method, in which tape-recorded dialogues are presented for students to memorize, followed by pattern drills for practicing verb forms and sentence structures."

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Behaviorist Theory of Second Language Acquisition

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"Second language acquisition is similar, though not identical, to first language acquisition."

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Acquisition is a natural process that focuses on communication while learning is a formal study of language and how it functions.

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Formal study of a language creates the ability to edit or monitor grammar.

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Those who are learning a language quire a set of rules in a predictable sequence.

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Language must be understandable, contain grammatical structure, and be part of a natural language.

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Low-anxiety learning environments, student's motivation, confidence in ones self, and self-esteem are what make a student able to acquire a language.