- Dominant school of psychology from the 1920’s to 1960’s
- A psychological theory that is related to the development of L1 acquisition
Social Interactionist Theory Language Acquisition
Compromise between behaviorist and mentalist approaches Development of language comes from the early interactions between infants and caregivers Social Interactionist Theory stresses the environment It focuses on pragmatics of language rather than grammar Bruner (1978) gives more significance to pragmatics rather than development of grammar Snow (1976) theorizes that adults play an important part in child’s … Read more