Child Language Acquisition Data and Theory Card Sort KS5 Language Library

Child language acquisition data and theory card sort – KS5 language library “I falled over.” Chomsky - Regular Child calls an orange, rules being applied to “I saw two mouses.” “There’s lots of mans pear and peach “apple”. “We runned away.” irregular forms – a child Chomsky- Active over there.” Cognitive (Piaget) – Chomsky- as before will not have been application of rule Chomsky – as before under developed skills taught this through of classification. nurture Child calls snow Child calls own shoes Child calls her dad, her “white” but doesn’t Child calls cat “blanket” “shoes” but doesn’t uncle and the postman know word for the while stroking it. know what to call his “daddy”. colour of her paper or “What her doing, Cognitive (Piaget) – brother’s shoes. Cognitive (Piaget) – sheets. daddy?” under developed skills Cognitive (Piaget) – under developed skills Cognitive (Piaget) – of classification. under developed skills of classification. under developed skills of classification. of classification. The fact that certain types of brain injury can “Why he fall over, “We going to granny impair certain aspects of “Me go to nursery.” mummy?” “He gave I the juice.” house.” language use. Chomsky – language is biologically determined Liam: Can we watch ord of the wings? The fact that all Dad: What’s ord of the children, whatever Child has developed a The ‘wugs’ experiment The ‘fis phenomena’. wings, like a bird’s language they speak, go regional accent, like by Berko-Gleason. Comprehension comes wings? through similar stages of parents. Chomsky before meaning Liam: No, Ord of the acquisition. Skinner - imitation Wings! Chomsky Comprehension comes before meaning

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INNATENESS OR NATIVIST THEORY Noam Chomsky & Steven Pinker

‘Doesn’t fit neatly’ THEORY

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COGNITIVE THEORY Jean Piaget

SOCIAL INTERACTION THEORY Jerome Bruner

IMITATION/ BEHAVIOURIST THEORY B.F. Skinner