CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -According to Menezes (2013) the acculturation theory, Krashen’s model, and the sociocultural theory all incorporate a strong emphasis on the social experiences one has with the language.

Detailed explanation-2: -Although there is a huge number of SLA theories and hypotheses, I will briefly summarize only eight of them: behaviorism, acculturation, universal grammar hypothe-sis, comprehension hypothesis, interaction hypothesis, output hypothesis, sociocultural theory and connectioni-sm.

Detailed explanation-3: -However, the two main areas of research interest were linguistic theories of SLA based upon Noam Chomsky’s universal grammar, and psychological approaches such as skill acquisition theory and connectionism.

Detailed explanation-4: -Linguistic Theory was formed by Noam Chomsky who described language as having a grammar that is largely independent of language use. Unlike Behavioral Theory, Linguistic Theory argues that language acquisition is governed by universal, underlying grammatical rules that are common to all typically developing humans.