WGU SLO1 Theories and Theorists

Ogbu - voluntary and involuntary minorities; there's a clear parallel of academic failure and involuntary minorities Sapir Whorf Hypothesis - structure of language influences how its speakers perceive the world Realism - weak end of Sapir Whorf Hypothesis Determinism - strong end of Sapir Whorf Hypothesis Rebus Principle - representation of words by pictures of objects whose names sound like the word Lenneberg - Critical Period Hypothesis Critical Period Hypothesis - Lenneberg: there is a window of opportunity for people to acquire a first language Behaviorism - in regard to language acquisition, language learning is a matter of imitation and habit Chomsky - Innatism Innatism - Chomsky: children are biologically programmed for language Contrastive Analysis Hypothesis - linked to behaviorism because they believe that errors in L2 come from L1 interference Krashen's 5 Hypotheses - Acquisition learning; monitor; natural order; input, affective Larsen-Freeman - learning grammar should take place within context Krashen - Comprehensible Input Theory Comprehensible Input Theory - Krashen's 5 hypotheses Vygotsky - interactionist theory of language