Thinking — Psychology STD 11 Humanities — Question

Environmental theory: Skinner explains language acquisition in terms of enforcement Children's speech is shaped by the care-givers who selectively reinforce appropriate linguistic behaviours. Other views on learning theory suggest imitation as the basis of language learning.
The Nativist Theory: Chomsky proposed that language acquisition is innate.

• He proposed the notion of Transformational grammar.
• He suggested that children are born with a powerful language acquisition device (LAD) which represents a knowledge of universal grammar or grammar of all human languages.