The Stages of Child Language Acquisition

When looking at the process of a child's language acquisition, we are able to break it up into four of stages that help to see how your child is progressing in learning language. They indicate things like the child's primary mode (how they communicate), if they use lexemes (words) and how many they use and whether or nor the child uses syntax...

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Major Theories in Child Acquisition and The Innate Approach

From studies that have been conducted to look at child language acquisition, three main theories have been constructed that attempt to explain the process. These three are: The behavioural approach The innate approach The interactionist approach However, we are only going to elaborate on the innate approach. THE INNATE APPROACH: The Innate Approach was developed by Noam Chomsky, a well-known and widely respected linguist and cognitive scientist. Chomsky's theory relies on the idea that humans, when born, have a natural predisposition to develop...

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Information And Resources

All content posted on this website is very general and the information is written from the viewpoint of the English language and a lot of the information may vary depending on culture. RESOURCES: Powerpoint: Child Language Acquisition - Stages Powerpoint: Child Language Acquisition - Approaches Video: 'The Four Stages of Acquiring Language' by shygirl356             https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxtLhgzn...

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