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Interactionist Theory

The social interactionist theory of language acquisition emphasizes that social interaction and environmental factors influence language development. It contends that children can only learn language through social interaction with others, and that language is used for communication. A key figure, Lev Vygotsky, argued that social engagement and communication are essential for language learning and that caregivers and the social environment provide support and opportunities for growth. Jerome Bruner expanded on these ideas and proposed that social interaction is crucial for both language and cognitive development. The interactionist view maintains that social interactions are necessary for a child's language abilities to develop.

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Interactionist Theory

The social interactionist theory of language acquisition emphasizes that social interaction and environmental factors influence language development. It contends that children can only learn language through social interaction with others, and that language is used for communication. A key figure, Lev Vygotsky, argued that social engagement and communication are essential for language learning and that caregivers and the social environment provide support and opportunities for growth. Jerome Bruner expanded on these ideas and proposed that social interaction is crucial for both language and cognitive development. The interactionist view maintains that social interactions are necessary for a child's language abilities to develop.

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The social interactionist theory, also referred to as the interactionist theory of language

acquisition, places a strong emphasis on how social interaction and environmental factors
influence language development. According to the interactionist/social paradigm, children can
only learn language in the context of social interaction with adults and other kids. Language is
only used for communication. It emphasizes the significance of the setting and culture in which
language learning takes place. While acknowledging the existence of innate biological systems,
interactionists place a strong emphasis on the vital importance of social interactions (Jensen &
Arnett, 2017; Levine & Munsch, 2018).
The most well-known interactionist intellect is Lev Vygotsky, who provided a theoretical
foundation for other interactionists to expand their views of language learning. Interactionists
like Lev Vygotsky contend that social engagement and communication with others are essential
components of language learning.They contend that meaningful interactions serve as the
setting for language learning and that caregivers, peers, and the social environment around
them all offer encouragement, support, and opportunities for language growth.According to
Vygotsky, kids pick up their cultural values and worldviews by interacting and working with more
knowledgeable members of their community. In addition, he emphasized the significance of the
cultural and social context for language learning, making the case that social learning frequently
occurs before language development.
Jerome Bruner, who was influenced by Vygotsky's theories, held that social interaction
is essential to the growth of both language and cognition in general. Bruner proposed the term
"language acquisition support system" (LASS) to describe the social and cultural encounters
that facilitate and promote language learning. This covers both the numerous activities kids
partake in while still being exposed to language, as well as child-directed language exposure
(such as parentese, dialogic reading, etc.). The interactionist view contends that social
interactions are necessary for language development. This covers the people a child might
interact with as well as the entire experience of the interaction.How well and how quickly a
child's language abilities develop depends heavily on the social setting in which they are raised.

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