The second view I chose is the Social Interactionist view I feel the environment and interactions a child are subjected to play a role in their oral language development. Pg 40 & …show more content… I choose these two because as a mother I have personally seen my own children go through stages while learning to talk starting with cooing and then babbling and on to one word utterances and so on the one thing I don 't know that I agree on is the age gaps that go with each stage I believe every child goes through the stages but possibly not according to the ages stated. The expert leads by giving directions or strategies that help the learner be successful in the learning situation and with much practice and support the learner can master the task.(Reutzel & Cooter. To use the zpd there must be a joint task that creates the learning environment the expert and the learner. Vygotsky came up with the zone of proximal development (ZPD) which assesses cognitive development by addressing how a child can perform a specific task in collaboration with others. Social interactionist feel physical, social and linguistic factors influence language development. The main point comes down to not every child learns the same way and in order to help our students be successful we must be willing to try many different techniques to help them gain Oral Language …show more content… Pg 40). Every one is entitled to their opinion and their view as why they feel the way they do about Oral Language Development and how children learn. All four theories have there own belief as to why they feel the way they do, there are also questions on these theories about how they are missing key points for children to gain oral development.

There are four theories on how children gain oral language they are Behaviorist, Innatist, Constructivist and Social Interactionist.

Show More “The limits of my language are the limits of my world” (Ludwig Wittgenstein, n.d).

Interactionist perspective of language