My notebook by Jessica Lopez

Theories on Language Acquisition

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Behaviorist Theory

5006778876 — 2024-07-01 05:33:40 UTC

This says that "children will learn their first language through stimulus, response, and reinforcement." (pg. 60)

Imitation and Reinforcement

Hearing and repeating

Innatist Theory

5006778876 — 2024-07-01 05:44:40 UTC

Chomsky made some strong argument points

innate of LAD or system

"infants must come into the world "prewired for linguistic analysis""(pg. 61)

construct grammar through "hypothesis testing"

"children create sentences by using rules rather than by merely repeating messages" (pg. 61)

"interim grammars at different ages and stages if language development" (pg.61)

They learn grammar by their parents or caregivers

Interactionist Theory

5006778876 — 2024-07-01 06:16:20 UTC

"caregivers play a critical role in adjusting the language "

"adapting language has little effect on a child's acquisition process"

look into mothers or caregivers when they care for the kids, more specifically the language

social environment play a role in the process

Behaviorist Perspective

5006778876 — 2024-07-01 06:20:21 UTC

Audiolingual method which is an exercise for students to do hat requires them to memorize

learn to listen and speak, then reading and writing

imitation, repetition, and reinforcement

Innatist Perspective

5006778876 — 2024-07-01 06:26:31 UTC

data showed their errors can be traced to their first language

ELL " creatively construct the rules of the second language"

Contrastive analysis- " is a procedure for comparing phonological, morphological, and syntactic to predict areas of difficulty in second language"

Interactionist Perpective

5006778876 — 2024-07-01 06:33:51 UTC

how native speaker have to modify themselves so a english learner can understand them

buddy knowledge to get ideas across

social interaction

1= require paraphrasing or repetition

2= pick the grammar style that best express their ides

"producing output requires them to process the language more deeply"

Krashen's Five Hypothesis

5006778876 — 2024-07-01 06:36:13 UTC

The acquisition/learning- acquisition is a natural process and it is different from learning. Learning is more of the study aspect. Hard to see which of the two is at work.

The monitor- three condition which include " sufficient time, focus on grammatical form, and explicit knowledge of the rules" Knowing rules " helps learner polish their language" Immersion programs believe explicit instruction is necessary

The natural order- " they acquire the rules of language"

The input- second language acquisition is a result from the learners " understanding the target language in natural communication situations" , inputs: must be understandable, contain grammatical structures, and contain a natural "flowing language used for purposeful communication"

The affective filter- "social emotional variables", "low anxiety learning environment", motivation, confidence and self esteem.