Therapy
Drill and practice
Social Interactionism Theory
Language function, not structure is emphasized
Language develops as a result of children’s…
social interactions with the important people in their lives
Language develops because ch are motivated to…
interact socially with others around them
Language developes
across the lifespan
Cognitive Theory
- Jean Piaget
- Emphasizes cognition or knowledge and mental processes
Two forms of cognitive theory
Strong cognition hypothesis and weak cognition hypothesis
Strong Cognition Hypothesis
- Cognitive abilities are prerequisites to language skills
- Language will absolutely not develop without these cognitive abilities
Weak Cognition Hypothesis
- Cognition can account for some of children’s language abilities, but not all
Piaget’s stages of cognitive development
- Sensorimotor
- Means
- Object Permanence
- First Word
- Symbolic Play
Sensorimotor
birth to 2 years
Means
ends behavior (cause & effect)
Object Permanence
Knowing even though something is not in front of you it still exists
First Word is at age
12 months
Symbolic Play
one thing substitutes for another
Preoperational (2-7) Years
- Concreteness of thought
- Ch. egocentric; difficulty taking others’ perspective
- Over-extensions and under-extensions occur
Over extensions
When ch. over generalize
Under extenstions
are restricted meanings
Concrete Operations (7-11 years)
- Acquires conservation
- Childless egocentric has ability to see other’s points of view
Formal Operations (over 11 years)
- Increase ability to see others’ points of view
- Thinks, speaks in the abstract (understanding metaphors)
- Fluidly uses verbal reasoning and if-then statements
Drawbacks of Chomsky Theory
- Does not account for Ch’s environments or interactions with caregivers
- It is theoretical, not based on listening to what ch. do when they learn lang.
