Interactionist Theory or Jerome Bruner Theory of Language Acquisition

 If you are in search of Language Acquisition Theories, especially Interactionist Theory then you are in the right place. Here you can find Jerome Bruner's Theory of language acquisition or Child development theory 

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          Interactionist Theory 

                          OR 

        Jerome Bruner Theory 

Jerome Bruner (1961) believed that children are born with the ability to develop language but they require regular interaction with their caregivers or teachers to learn and understand it to a level of full fluency. This idea is known as the Language Acquisition Support System (LASS).


Caregivers tend to correct mistakes that children make when using language and also regularly teach them what objects are and what their purposes are.  

Burner suggests that this helps to build the scaffolding that children will later rely on when further developing language.

A caregiver may also use child-directed speech (CDS), altering their use of language to make it easier for a child to conceptualize language independently.

CDS and how does it aid language acquisition?


CDS or child-directed speech is commonly known as ‘baby talk’ in everyday life. It is when an adult changes their use of language when talking to a young child. 

This includes changes such as slower speech in a higher voice, more obvious intonations for different types of speech (i.e., questions, statements, orders), and very simple sentence structure. 

These strategies all simplify language to make it as easy as possible for the child to understand.

According to this theory, children cannot develop an understanding of the more complex parts of language alone. 

Thus, CDS acts as an infant-friendly introduction to language that can be built on throughout infancy, early childhood, and into school.








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