Cognitivisim

Cards (7)

  • Tomasello- usage based theory
    • a number of cognitive developments take place with the emergence of language
    • children bring their pattern-finding and intention-reading skills to CLA
  • Vygotsky- ZPD
    • Children learn language which is between what they already know and what is out of their reach
  • Case study- Oxana Malaya
    • had a cognitive disability yet learned to speak fluently and intelligibly
    • Criticizes cognitivist theories
  • Piaget
    • language comes from wider understanding and object permanence
  • Lenneburg- neuromuscular disease
    • the boy had a condition and could not imitate adults or have his utterances reinforced yet could still comprehend language
    • contrasts Skinner
  • examples of cognitivisim in data
    • children talking to themseles- shows they are trying to make sense using language
    • failing to use language as they havent grasped the concpet discussed
  • Vygotsky
    • our cultural surroundings affect our language
    • culturally specific nouns + adjectives that may be obscure to most children