Theories and Theorists of child language acquisition

Worked examples (6)

• 1Explain the mechanism: imitation + reinforcement + operant conditioning
• 2Show what the theory explains WELL in a transcript (accent, lexis, routines)
• 3Spot the virtuous-error counter-evidence against behaviourism
• 4Apply the Brown and Hanlon correction problem to the data
• 5Evaluate the theory on data — strengths, limits and a balanced view
• 6Structure the Paper 3 Section B essay that APPLIES and EVALUATES the theory

Model answers (6)

• ✓Model answer — 9093 Paper 3 Section B, focused data-response style
• ✓Model answer — 9093 Paper 3 Section B, data-interpretation style
• ✓Model answer — 9093 Paper 3 Section B, full data-response essay
• ✓Model answer — 9093 Paper 3 Section B, evaluative data-response essay
• ✓Model answer — 9093 Paper 3 Section B, evaluative data-response essay
• ✓Model answer — 9093 Paper 3 Section B, evaluative comparative essay

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• 1State the LAD and the poverty-of-the-stimulus argument
• 2Spot the features of child-directed speech (the LASS in action)
• 3Read virtuous errors and universality as nativist evidence in a transcript
• 4Distinguish EXPANSION from RECASTING in a caregiver's speech
• 5Deploy the critical period, Genie and creolisation evidence with the right caution
• 6Evaluate LAD vs LASS and structure the Section B essay

Model answers (6)

• ✓Model answer — 9093 Paper 3 Section B, focused data-response style
• ✓Model answer — 9093 Paper 3 Section B, data-interpretation style
• ✓Model answer — 9093 Paper 3 Section B, full data-response essay
• ✓Model answer — 9093 Paper 3 Section B, evaluative data-response essay
• ✓Model answer — 9093 Paper 3 Section B, evaluative data-response essay
• ✓Model answer — 9093 Paper 3 Section B, evaluative multi-theory essay

Worked examples (6)

• 1Explain the core 'cognition-before-language' claim of the cognitive theory
• 2Apply object permanence to naming absent objects in a transcript
• 3Link conservation and seriation to comparative and ordering lexis
• 4Apply Piaget's four stages to a transcript to locate the child
• 5Build the Vygotsky contrast: ZPD, scaffolding and private speech
• 6Evaluate the cognitive theory and structure the Section B essay

Model answers (6)

• ✓Model answer — 9093 Paper 3 Section B, focused data-response style
• ✓Model answer — 9093 Paper 3 Section B, data-interpretation style
• ✓Model answer — 9093 Paper 3 Section B, full data-response essay
• ✓Model answer — 9093 Paper 3 Section B, comparative data-response essay
• ✓Model answer — 9093 Paper 3 Section B, evaluative data-response essay
• ✓Model answer — 9093 Paper 3 Section B, evaluative multi-level essay