CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Skinner suggested that a child imitates the language of its parents or carers. Successful attempts are rewarded because an adult who recognises a word spoken by a child will praise the child and/or give it what it is asking for. Successful utterances are therefore reinforced while unsuccessful ones are forgotten.

Detailed explanation-2: -The behaviorist theory believes that “infants learn oral language from other human role models through a process involving imitation, rewards, and practice. Human role models in an infant’s environment provide the stimuli and rewards, ” (Cooter & Reutzel, 2004).

Detailed explanation-3: -Theory of Imitation: the idea that children imitated what they heard around them. This theory is based on the behaviorism of B. F. Skinner and the work of Pavlov. This can not be all of the story because there would be no overextensions, no overgeneralizations.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Behaviorist Theory – Says that language develops as a result of certain behaviors, such as imitation. Behaviorists believe that children learn language directly from experiences with their environment.

Detailed explanation-5: -No. Children acquire language quickly, easily, and without effort or formal teaching. It happens automatically, whether their parents try to teach them or not. Although parents or other caretakers don’t teach their children to speak, they do perform an important role by talking to their children.