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    The document summarizes several theories on second language acquisition: 1) The innatist perspective proposed by Chomsky suggests that language is innate and children acquire it during a critical period through universal principles. Krashen's model was inspired by Chomsky and described acquisition, learning, natural order, input, and affective filter. 2) The behaviorist perspective proposed by Pavlov, Skinner, and Skinner argued that language is learned through repetition, practice, and reinforcement from the teacher. 3) The cognitive perspective created by Piaget described language development through stages from birth to adolescence including concepts of language, reasoning, and memory. 4) The sociocultural perspective of Vygotsky emphasized

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    The document summarizes several theories on second language acquisition: 1) The innatist perspective proposed by Chomsky suggests that language is innate and children acquire it during a critical period through universal principles. Krashen's model was inspired by Chomsky and described acquisition, learning, natural order, input, and affective filter. 2) The behaviorist perspective proposed by Pavlov, Skinner, and Skinner argued that language is learned through repetition, practice, and reinforcement from the teacher. 3) The cognitive perspective created by Piaget described language development through stages from birth to adolescence including concepts of language, reasoning, and memory. 4) The sociocultural perspective of Vygotsky emphasized

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    THEORIES ON

    SECOND

    LANGUAGE

    ACQUISITION

    The Innatist
    Perspective
    Created by Noam Chomsky in 1959
    Chomsly's hypothesis: all the human

    The Behaviorist language are based on some innate


    universal principles.
    Perspective Children acquire language during
    the critical period.

    Based upon the research of Pavlov,


    Krashen's Model
    Skinner and Brunner.
    SL learners learn from repeated Inspired by Chomsky theory in
    practice and being rewarded for 1970's.
    correct answers. Described his model in terms of five
    The teacher must use reinforcement. hypothesis: acquisition-learning,
    Activities are based upon repeating monitor, the natural order, input and
    to form an habit. affective filter.

    The Cognitive/ The Sociocultural


    Developmental Perspective
    Perspective Proposed by Lev Vygotsky
    He believed that parents, caregivers, peers
    Created by Jean Piaget around 1920. and culture are responsible for the
    His theory was very abroad, from birth development of the child.
    through adolescence and includes concepts Zone of Proximal Development: the
    of language, scientific reasoning, moral difference between what a learner can do
    development and memory. without help and what he/she can achieve
    Stages of development: Sensorimotor, with guidance.
    Preoperational, Concrete Operational and
    Formal Operational

    The Interactionist
    Perspective
    Conversational interaction is an essential condition for SLA.
    It needs: modified interaction, conversational adjustment,
    comprehension of input and language acquisition.
    Negotiation for meaning: repetition, confirmation,
    comprehension checks and clarification requests.
    Corrective feedback during interaction forces learners to
    produce comprehensible output (production).

    Typological and Functional


    Approaches
    Greenberg proposed in 1963.
    Typological approaches stem from the study of the patterns exhibited in
    languages worldwide, and functional approaches have as their main
    interest the study of how language function.
    The purpose is to determine similarities/dissimilarities across languages,
    find what types of languages are possible and describe and explain the
    implications found.

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