Outline And Evaluate The Theories Of Language Development

Outline some of the theories which seek to explain an area of development in the child.
Drawing upon observations that you have made in schools, discuss the significance and evaluate these theories for the teacher in planning effective learning situations.
Justify your answer with specific examples from your own experience and your reading.

Theories surrounding language development within infants and young children and how these theories differ in their ideas.

Language is a systematic means of communicating through the use of sounds or conventional symbols. Without language there would be no way of communicating with others. To allow us to be able to use recognisable sounds and symbols to express ourselves, they first have to be taught before humans can utilize them and are continually built upon through ongoing language development.
Currently, language development includes a sizeable amount of theory, research, and debate from a variety of fields which include linguistics, psychology, philosophy, sociology, medicine, computers, biology, neurology, speech and language pathology, and education to name but a few. …show more content…
Moreover, how one then manages to deliver a single, clearly defined system or theory within their classroom is a task that is far beyond the reach of any typical primary school teacher. However, through personal experiences in addition to past and current teaching trends it is possible to see how language development techniques have progressed from the earliest theories to the most popular and productive techniques in use