Critical Period Theory

There are three major theories about how children learn their first language, the first theory is the behaviorist view which was led by B.F. Skinner. He explained the behaviorist view as if an organism responds in a certain way to a stimulus and gets positive reinforcement, its behavior will be repeated. That did not work as much for language because logical conclusion was there was no limit to what language could be. Any linguistic habit that people somehow developed could become part of language, so then Chomsky came in place. The second theory on how children learn their first language is from Chomsky and it is the Innatist view. This theory is biologically programed based on linguistic input that is received, that means children are born

When a child is first learning a language many times parents get told they need to help their children with their language and grammar before the critical period. What has been learned from linguists studying children who were isolated and neglected for years is that many of this kids never hear any words or sounds or even get the chance to speak for the same reason they don’t get to hear any words which makes the child very vulnerable. These children usually are neglected and are passed the critical period which means they will never be able to speak a language because their brain or cortex for speech alignment does not get stimulated and their brains get smaller and smaller which will cause many damages and the children will never be able to understand grammar. If I was asked to do a workshop for parents of young children about early language acquisition I would say support their children very much, and that there are many ways to support them. One main way the parents can support these children are by making the children feel belonged, and helping them in every way possible. There are four stages in acquiring a language in young children and they are the following; babbling one syllable sounds, second stage one single word, third stage two-word combination, fourth stage sentences. Some of the ways parents can also support their young children would be; reading books to children to introduce new words, engaging in activities that interest the child, use different types of words and grammar, engage in conversation with children and emphasize the names of