Language acquisition

Which theorist suggested that babies are born pre-wired to learn language?

• Chomsky

• Bruner

• Skinner

What is the missing word? Language Acquisition ...?

What is the missing word? Language acquisition support ...?

Which theorist proposed operant conditioning?

• Bruner

• Skinner

• Chomsky

How long is the critical period to learn language, according to Chomsky?

• 0 - 7 years

• 0 - 10 years

• 0 - 5 years

• 5 - 7 years

True or false: Chomsky believed that children need stimulus to develop their speech and language.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

This was a belief of Skinner

True or false: Chomsky proposed that the role of the adult was not significant in a child's language acquisition/

• True

• False

Which of Bruner's modes of representation is missing? Enactive, iconic ...

True or false: Bruner was a constructivist theorist.

• False

• True

Which of these relates to Bruner's theory of language acquisition?

• LASS

• LAD

• Spiral curriculum

• Universal grammar