LAN1260 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Noam Chomsky
6 Jun 2018
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WEEK$6$
LAN1260$-$Spoken$Language$in$Primary$Schools$
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We!are!learning!to!understand:!language!development!from!birth!to!adolescence!and!
frameworks!that!help!us!map!this!development!in!primary!school!and!the!way!in!which!
spoken!language!supports!students’!literacy!learning.!!
we!are!learning!to:!differentiate!learning!in!response!to!developmental!differences!and!
promote!literacy!with!attention!to!spoken!language.!!
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The$learning$perspective:$argues!that!children!imitate!what!they!see!and!hear,!and!that!
children!learn!from!punishment!and!reinforcement!(Shaffer,!Wood,!&!Willoughby,!2002)!!
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The$nativist$perspective:$argues!that!humans!are!biologically!programmed!to!gain!
knowledge.!The!main!theorist!associated!with!this!perspective!is!Noam!Chomsky.!!
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Interactionist$theory:$argue!that!language!development!is!both!biological!and!social.!
Interactionists!argue!that!language!learning!is!influenced!by!the!desire!of!children!
communicate!with!others.!!
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