EG 4753 Language Acquisition week 4 Dr' Somsri Jansom

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EG 4753 Language Acquisition???????????????
(week 4) Dr. Somsri Jansom
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Review of week 2

• Nativism
• Interactionism

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Overview of Week 3

• Theories of L1 acquisition
• Cognitivism
• The rationalist and empiricist
• The formalism and functionalism
• The concepts of nature and nurture

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Cognitivism Definition

• The cognitivist school basically went inside the
  head of the learner to see what mental process
  were activated and changed the course of
  learning. In cognitive theories, knowledge is
  viewed as symbolic mental constructs in the
  learners mind, and the learning process is the
  means by which these symbolic representations are
  committed to memory.

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Cognitivism Contributor

• Jean Piaget (1896-1980) was a Swiss philosopher
  and developmental psychologist.
• well known for his work studying children and
  found that children dont think like grownups.

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Piaget's study
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Cognitivism Major concepts

• Language is one of several abilities that result
  from cognitive maturation.
• Learning process may be unique to human beings.
• Cognitive processes are the focus of study.
• Unobservable mental process can often be drawn
  from behavior.

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Cognitivism Major concepts

• Learning involves the formation of mental
  associations that are not necessarily reflected
  in overt behavior changes.
• Knowledge is a process of relating new
  information to previously learned info.
• Individuals are actively involved in the learning
  process.

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A model of the human memory system
Attention
Sensory Register
Short term Memory (5-20 secs.)
Long term Memory
Rehearsal
Input
Lost
Lost
Lost
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Compare Nativism to Cognitivism

• Same Both pay attention to mental process
• Different
• Cognitivists say the structures of language
  emerge as the result of the continuing
  interaction between the individuals current
  cognitive functioning and his/her current
  (non)linguistic environment.
• Nativists say Linguistic environment is
  unable to account for the abstract, complex, and
  specific structure of language.

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Compare Interactionism to Cognitivism

• Same Both agree that a child plays an active
  role in their learning/ development.
• Different
• Cognitivists say learning is mental activity
  Need to restructure the input in the brain Need
  practice to be fluent Lg development depend upon
  cognitive development.
• Interactionists say People need other people to
  help them learn adults adjust their language to
  help the learners understanding Learning
  started since the time of birth or even earlier.

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Quiz
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