CHAPTER 2 First Language Acquisition

Demonstrated that in all languages ​​semantic learning depends on cognitive development.

• Clark, 2003

• Dan Slobin

• Skinner

Emphasized on the function of language in discourse.

• Competence and performance

• Social interaction and language Development

• Issues in first language

Are the same Competence and production?

• Yes

• No

Is the overtly observable and concrete manifestation or realization of competence.

• Competence

• Comprehension

• Performance

Found three possible underlying relationships:

Agent-action.

Agent-object.

Possessor-possessed.

• Bloom

• Stubbs

• Skinner

Comprehension is about..

• Listening, reading

• Speaking, writing

• Walking, running

Attempt to answer some questions about how people can have the amazing language acquisition ability.

• Behavioristic Approch

• The Nativist Approach

• Theories of First Language Acquisition

Skinner explained operant conditioning in his book:

• Approches (1782)

• Verbal Behavior (1957)

• He didn't have book

Heterogeneous Competence are...

• Universal acceptance

• Production

• Abilities that are in the process of being formed

Is derived from the fundamental assertion that language acquisition is innately determined.

• The term Nativist

• Ability

• Knowledge