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Name that Theorist
It's All in Your Head
Name that Theory
What’s that Term?
Theory to Practice
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A famous American behaviorist who applied his theory to language learning.
Who is B.F. Skinner
100
Babies are born with this device in their brains for linguistic analysis.
What is Language Acquisition Device (LAD)
100
Contests that cognitive development is a prerequisite and foundation for language learning.
What is the Cognitive Developmental Theory?
100
The awareness that an object continues to exisit even when it is out of sight
What is Object Permanence
100
This theory suggests that teachers need to pay close attention to cognitive mechanisms as precursors to the onset of language, such as object permanence and symbolic representation
What is The cognitive developmental theory
200
This individual believed that humans have a designated mental structure in their brain responsible for acquiring language.
Who is Noam Chomsky
200
Abstract cognitive structures that organize relationships between actions and objects
What is Schemata/schema
200
Language development based on learning by classical conditioning, operant conditioning, and observational learning
What is the Behaviorist Theory?
200
Major grammar principles, proposed by Chomsky, that are considered an innate quality possessed by individuals of all languages
What is Universal Grammar
200
The preschool practice of teaching songs and fingerplays, through imitation, repetition and positive reinforcement, to enhance children’s language development is inspired by this language acquisition theory.
What is the Behaviorist Perspective
300
A Soviet Psychologist who believed children learn language through social interaction with more capable partners
Who is Lev Vygostky
300
According to _______________, cognition comes before language.
Who is Piaget
300
Children acquire language through their attempts to communicate with the people and world around them.
What is the Interactionist Theory
300
This refers to the tasks a child is unable to complete alone but is able to complete with the assistance of an adult
What is the zone of proximal development
300
According to this theory, teachers should provide many social interactions and ‘talking’ opportunities for students so that they can learn the many functions of language.
What is the Interactionist Theory
400
This developmental psychologist who contends that language acquisition occurs as maturation occurs and cognitive competencies develop.
Who is Jean Piaget?
400
The Nativist Theory emphasizes __________ human capabilities as being responsible for language acquisition.
What is innate or inborn
400
Based on this theory, children have the innate ability to acquire language.
What is the Nativist Theory?
400
The production of speech that approximates the speech of another person.
What is Imitative Speech
400
The inclusion of a writing center in the classroom, where students have opportunities to explore how language is used, develop and test hypotheses and discover the structure of language is supported by this theory.
What is the Nativist Theory
500
In addition to Vygotstky, these two theorist are also associated with the interactionist theory.
Who are Bruner and Halliday
500
When a child can use signs and symbols, invoking mental pictures of objects that are not present, in response to a new situation, rather than trial and error, we can assume that the child understands this Piagetian concept.
What is symbolic representation
500
According to this theory, interaction between the LAD and the LASS is responsible for children’s language acquisition.
What is the Interactionist Theory
500
According to Vygotsky, what a child can accomplish independently is called his/her _________________.
What is developmental level
500
This theory suggests the use of a supportive ‘scaffolding’ that gives a child opportunities to participate in conversation attempts with additions or clarifications by the adult.
What is the Interactionist Theory