Before responding to this assignment’s questions, please review each of the 3 Language Acquisition Theories in the text (these include the Behaviorist, Nativist, and Interactionist).
In a separate paragraph for each theory describe how language acquisition happens, and then in the same paragraph state how you think each theory would explain language acquisition through signing in hearing infants? This means that there should be at least 3 body paragraphs.
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Introduction:
State the purpose of the paper, eg., “The purpose of this paper is to review three well known theories that explain how language is acquired by hearing infants. In addition, these theories will be used to …”
First Body paragraph:
The Behavioral theory of language acquisition explains that language is acquired … (cite the source of this material, eg., (Skinner, 1970, as cited in Boyd & Bee, 2019).
The Behavioral theory of language acquistion might explain the acquisition of sign language in hearing infants by …
Second Body Paragraph:
The Nativist theory of language acquisition explains ….. (cite the source of this material)
The Nativist theory of language acquistion might explain the acquisition of sign language in hearing infants by …
Third Body Paragraph:
The Interactionist theory of language acquisition explains ….. (cite the source of this material)
The Interactionist theory of language acquistion might explain the acquisition of sign language in hearing infants by …
Conclusion:
The purpose of this paper was to …
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