He asserted that language development is related to cognitive development. The development of the childs thinking determines when the child can learn to speak and what the child can say.

LANGUAGE ACQUISITION THEORIES

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He asserted that language development is related to cognitive development. The development of the child’s thinking determines when the child can learn to speak and what the child can say.

A	Ivan Pavlov
B	Noam Chomsky
C	BF Skinner
D	Jean Piaget

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -To Piaget, cognitive development was a progressive reorganization of mental processes as a result of biological maturation and environmental experience. Children construct an understanding of the world around them, then experience discrepancies between what they already know and what they discover in their environment.

Detailed explanation-2: -Piaget’s Cognitive Development Theory Piaget argued that children’s cognitive development occurs in stages (Papalia & Feldman, 2011). Specifically, he posited that as children’s thinking develops from one stage to the next, their behavior also changes, reflecting these cognitive developments.

Detailed explanation-3: -Noam Chomsky claims that children are biologically programmed for language and that language develops in the child in just the same way as other biological functions develop.

Detailed explanation-4: -Piaget believed children need to first develop mentally before language acquisition can occur. According to him, children first create mental structures within the mind (schemas) and from these schemas, language development happens.

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