Theories of Language acquisition in relation to beginning reading instruction
Behavioristic Theories
Jenkins and Palermo (1964) propuse
Claim that the child generalizes
to form
classes of responses
Child learns the stimulus
Response equivalences
Problem they see in language acquisition
Recognizes some recent linguistic advances
Garrett and Fodor (1968)
Certain probabilities of occurrenc
The facts of language are abstractions
Staats and Staats (1962,
1963, 1968)
Generalization to explain
how language is acquired
Discrimination
Extinction
Chaining
Successive
approximation
Scheduling of reinforcement
Time
Reinforcing stimuli
Terms as operant learning
Acquisition, declaring that:
Chomsky’s criticisms
Reinforcement theories
Inadequacy
of conditioning
Verbal behavior will
remain a mystery.
Learning permits:
Unanalyzed contribution
Generalization
Includes interest in this process.
Superficial account
Refusal to study
Chomsky claims
Real issues are
never confronted
Most of its concepts are irrelevant
Theory is illusionary
The
review also attacks
Notion of generalization
Reinforcement theory
N. Chomsky’s
Syntactic Structures
Criticisms reiterate
earlier arguments
Of Skinner’s proposal
Demonstrates
the inappropriateness
The book-Verbal Behavior (1957)
Skinner proposes acompre:
Language behavior
Theory of language acquisition
Atheoretical Studies
The interpretation of the
data is the crucial issue.
Menyuk (1969)
Holophrastic utterances
To interpret data
Discusses some of the problems
N. Chomsky propuse
Well-defined concept in linguistics
Term competence
Klima y Bellugi (1966)
Did with negation
Investigators may:
Witch from which.
Discover the child learns
to distinguish pin.
As a result:
First words are uttered:
Vocabularies
‘‘ expand”
Elimination of various “errors
Grammatical distinctions
Characteristic time
Sounds “emerge”
Child language
Various stages repelte:
Deficiencies
Errors
Prevocalic stage
Consequently
No coherent account.
Investigators made
To handle data
Test
Formulate
Little attempt
Reports on a wide variety studies:
Normative
Escriptive
McCarthy's
Article induces
mixed feelings
Purpose
Assess
Relate
Isolate
Focus
Particular focus is the
acquisition of syntax.
