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Print This Page Name: Date: Challenge Sheet # 1 125 Chapter 17 Apply Your Knowledge 1. a. Behaviorist proponents claim that children develop their grammar based on the language they hear spoken around them. Nativists and social interactionists say that this view is not entirely correct. What arguments do the nativists provide to explain what the child brings to the task of acquiring a language? What would the nativists and social interactionists disagree on? b. Discuss how brain-based theories support the claims made by the social interactionist perspectives? 2. Discuss how brain-based theories support the claims made by the social interactionists and the PDP proponents.
Print This Page Name: Date: Challenge Sheet # 2 127 Chapter 17 Apply Your Knowledge 1. Forms such as I going, I no go, I wented, my foots are common examples of children’s productions. How would the behaviorist, nativist, and social interactionist perspectives view these forms of language production?
Print This Page Name: Date: Challenge Sheet # 3 129 Chapter 17 Apply Your Knowledge 1. Which of the following individuals would have the greatest chance of success in acquiring a language? Explain your reasons by drawing support from various theories of language acquisition. a. A nine-year-old child who is being raised by hearing impaired parents, and who has been isolated from other people, first learns language at age nine b. An ESL learner who begins learning a second language at the age of seven c. An ESL learner who begins learning a second language at the age of fifteen
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