Innatist perspective: Noam Chomsky, Children are born with universal grammar (the ability to discover language rules and principles), Critical period hypothesis: Animals and people are programmed to acquire certain skills at specific times in life (including language)., Language learning is a developmental process, just like learning to walk., Behaviorist perspective: Language is learned by imitating and repeating others., Children form habits of correct language use through practice and as a result of positive reinforcement from others., B. F. Skinner, Cognitivist perspective: We first have to pay attention to new language before we can learn it. , Language learning is information processing and develops from social interaction., Jean Piaget, Sociocultural perspective: Lev Vygotsky , Zone of proximal development (ZPD): People can learn concepts/language just beyond their current reach through help from others., Watching TV in a foreign language is not enough to learn the language – you need interaction with others.,

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