Theories of Language acquisition in relation to beginning reading instruction

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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.