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Theoretical Approaches to L1 Acquisition

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Theoretical Approaches to L1 Acquisition

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-Behaviorism: Say what I say
-Innatism: It’s all in your mind
-Interactionist/Developmental perspectives: Learning from inside and out

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-Acquisition of grammatical morphemes
-Acquisition of Negation (to deny, reject, disagree with, and refuse something)

-Acquisition of Questions

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THE EARLIEST VOCALIZATION:
-Baby cries involuntary when they feel uncomfortable.
BABLING:
-Baby uses sounds to

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-Vocabulary growth required for school success is likely to come from both reading for assignments and reading for pleasure.
-Reading reinforces the understanding that language has form as well as meaning and a “word” is separate from the thing it represents.

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-Metalinguistic awareness refers to the ability to treat language as an object, separate from the meaning it

conveys.
-A dramatic development in metalinguistic awareness occurs when children begin to learn to read.

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ARROUND 12 MONTHS (ONE WORD STAGE)
-Babies begin to produce one or two recognizable words.
BY TE AGE OF 2 (TWO-WORD STAGE)
-At least 50 different words, reflecting the order of the language and creatively combining words.