CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Chomsky believes that language is biologically inherited whereas Skinner’s theory is based on how a child learns how to talk through the use of positive reinforcement from adults who already speak a language fluently.

Detailed explanation-2: -Linguist Noam Chomsky, who favors the nature position, believes that much of our language capacity is inborn. According to this perspective, just as “learning” to walk is programmed according to a timetable of biological maturation, so children are prewired to begin to babble and talk.

Detailed explanation-3: -THE “DEBATE" The difference between Chomsky and Skinner’s beliefs can most simply be put as such: Skinner believes that language is learned, whereas Chomsky believes that language is innate, and is simply developed.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.