Child language acquisition: key theories

Last updated: 15/11/2023
Contributor: Linda Robinson
Child language acquisition: key theories
Main Subject
Key stage
Category
Language: Language development
Resource type
Complete lesson

A useful summary of all the key theories of child language acquisition, focusing on the work of theorists including Skinner, Chomsky, Vygotsky, Piaget, Berko Gleason and others. Includes the following: 

  • Behaviourism       
  • Nativism                
  • Social interaction theory
  • Construction acquisition
  • Cognitive theories

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