“I falled over



|“I falled over.” |The fact that all children, whatever |Child uses an accent similar to his parents.|“There’s lots of mans over there.” |Child calls an orange, pear and peach |

| |language they speak, go through similar | | |“apple”. |

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|Child has developed a regional accent, like |Child calls own shoes “shoes” but doesn’t |Child calls her dad, her uncle and the |“I saw two mouses.” |“What her doing, daddy?” |

|parents. |know what to call his brother’s shoes. |postman “daddy”. | | |

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|Child uses swear word she heard dad using |“We runned away.” |Child can use comparatives and superlatives |A child repeats a word after her parent. |Child: The daddy doll’s more big than this |

|when he stubbed his toe. | |like ‘bigger’ and ‘biggest’. | |one |

| | | | |Parent: Yes, it’s much bigger, isn’t it? |

| | | | |Child: It’s much bigger |

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Sort your cards according to the following categories:

INNATENESS OR NATIVIST THEORY

Noam Chomsky

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Steven Pinker

‘Doesn’t fit neatly’

THEORY

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COGNITIVE THEORY

Jean Piaget

SOCIAL INTERACTION THEORY

Jerome Bruner

IMITATION/ BEHAVIOURIST THEORY

B.F. Skinner

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