CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -First Language Acquisition Perspective Noam Chomsky (2002) stated the innatist theory. He mentioned that children were born with the ability to acquire language (innate). He argued that language acquisition of children be related to their innate ability of biological language acquisition device (LAD).

Detailed explanation-2: -The Nativist Perspective According to Chomsky’s theory, infants have an innate ability to learn language. From a very early age, we’re able to understand the basics of language. For instance, Chomsky argued, children are able to understand the appropriate order of words from a young age.

Detailed explanation-3: -Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. It is called a scientific study because it entails a comprehensive, systematic, objective, and precise analysis of all aspects of language, particularly its nature and structure.

Detailed explanation-4: -The innatist theory states that learning is natural for human beings. They believe that babies enter the world with a biological propensity, an inborn device, to learn language (Cooter & Reutzel, 2004). This human built in device for learning language has been coined the – LAD-language acquisition device.