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WorksheetsTheories of language Quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Which phenomenon is considered one of the most astonishing accomplishments a human being can achieve?
The ability to run
The development of language
The ability to solve complex mathematics
Learning music
Who is associated with the nativist or innatist perspective of language development?
Albert Einstein
Jean Piaget
Lev Vygotsky
Noam Chomsky
What is the Language Acquisition Device (LAD) according to Chomsky?
A language teaching program
A theory that explains the ability to learn music
A specific part of the brain
An idea that this ability exists without a specific location in the brain
What is the critical period for language learning according to nativist theory?
From birth to about 5 years old
All of adult life
From birth to about 8 or 9 years old
From 10 to 15 years old
According to the theory of learning, how do children acquire language?
Through genetics
Through reflection and meditation
Through reinforcement
Through passive listening
What problem does the strict theory of learning fail to explain in language development?
How children learn mathematics
How children learn to read
How children produce words they have never heard before
How children learn to walk
Who is the main theorist associated with the interactionist approach to language development?
Erik Erikson
Lev Vygotsky
B.F. Skinner
Sigmund Freud
Which approach suggests that biological and social factors must interact for children to learn language?
Evolutionary Theory
Interactionist Approach
Learning Theory
Nativist
What is the common element to all languages according to the nativist theory?
Punctuation
Alphabet
Universal Grammar
Vocabulary
What motivates children to learn to communicate according to the interactionist approach?
The desire to sleep
The desire to communicate with others
The desire to eat
The desire to play
