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* Both theories explain how language is developed from birth * Grammar is included in both definitions. | Constructivist | Differences: * Environmentalists do not believe you have innate ability to develop language (zero Nativism) – everything comes from the outside, while Constructivists believe you have some innate ability to develop language. | * Language and cognitive development happen simultaneously – almost like a symbiotic relationship. * Children use language reach cognitive milestones at about the same time – they use present tense before any other tense showing their understanding of time and their place in it. |
He was supported by the work of Lorenz and he suggested that attachment must be formed within a critical period before the child is 2 years old. Attachment promotes survival and the relationship with the primary caregiver acts as a template for all future relationships. Monotropy is part of this theory and this is where attachments form a hierarchy with the primary care-giver. To conclude Bowlby’s evolutionary theory is based on innate information whereas the learning theory suggests all behaviour is learnt. I think most behaviour is learnt
Bruner ( 1974) developed a social constructivist model of development in which the child is actively engaged in meaning making through their interactions with people and the environment. Bruner developed the term Language Activating Support System (LASS) to describe the socialising process that drives children towards language learning. In this model Bruner considered the practitioner-child relationship to be a critical factor in language development. Bruner ( 1974) believed that individuals only reach their full potential through social and cultural interactions. These interactions allow individuals to make sense of the world, shaping ideas and beliefs and providing the opportunity to use language to express thoughts.
(Kathleen Stassen Berger, 2011 p. 57). The biological development of a young child’s brain directly assists the cognitive development of the brain and vice versus. According to Lev Vygotsky’s sociocultural idea, all children have the ability to learn despite of all mental disabilities (p.49). The knowledge and capabilities that are acquired depends on what is deemed important by their culture. To further understand a how a crime can be committed by a young child, Albert Bandura’s theory that humans can learn without reinforcement called “modeling” is a good explanation.
His theory is that children use cognitive behavior when understanding and giving communication. They will use trial and error to get the right words out until they succeed. He believes that children observe adults and other children for the correct way to communicate and repeat the actions they have seen until they get it right. We support this at nursery by speaking clearly and simply and nodding or praising a child for getting a word, sentence or request correct. This is to encourage them to use the correct terms when they wish to communicate.
Language influences other cognitive processes. Language has some universal stages that all humans go through when acquiring their native language. All children go through the cooing stage, the babbling stage in which the babble sounds are the same, they all seem to go through a two word phase, and seem to make the same grammatical mistakes as language skills develop. There is no doubt that language has an impact on what we think, and what we think has an impact on what we
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