Anthony Bourdain. Piagets Cognitive approach. Social interactionist theory. Social interactionist theory is an explanation of language development emphasizing the role of social interaction between the developing child and linguistically knowledgeable adults.
It is based largely on the socio-cultural theories of Soviet psychologist Lev Vygotsky. Initial stages[edit] Approach to language acquisition research has focused on three areas, namely the cognitive approach to language acquisition or the developmental cognitive theory of Jean Piaget, the information processing approach or the information processing model of Brian MacWhinney and Elizabeth Bates (the competition model), and the social interactionist approach or social interaction model of Lev Vygotsky (socio-cultural theory). Socio-cultural theory[edit] Language development. Language development is a process starting early in human life.
Infants start without language, yet by 4 months of age, babies can discriminate speech sounds and engage in babbling. Some research has shown that the earliest learning begins in utero when the fetus starts to recognize the sounds and speech patterns of its mother's voice.[1]
Behaviorist theory.