Which one of the following learning theories believes that language learning can be automatically attained with the help of practice and reinforcement?

Option 2 : Behaviourism

Language development in humans is a process starting early in life. Infants start without knowing a language, yet by 10 months, babies can distinguish speech sounds and engage in babbling.

 Behaviorism or the behavioral learning theory is a popular concept that focuses on how students learn. Behaviorism focuses on the idea that all behaviors are learned through interaction with the environment and with the help of practice and reinforcement. This learning theory states that behaviors are learned from the environment, and says that innate or inherited factors have very little influence on behavior.

•  The behaviorist B. F. Skinner then proposed this theory as an explanation for language acquisition in humans.
• Skinner suggested that a child imitates the language of its parents or carers. Their correct utterances are reinforced when they get what they want or are praised.
• Successful attempts are rewarded because an adult who recognizes a word spoken by a child will praise the child and/or give it what it is asking for.
• A behavioristic view of language learning defined our children learn a particular naturally from their environment.
• It states that the learners begin to acquire naturally in a non-formal context and begin to use a language after imitating their elders.
• Learners begin to understand a language when they hear it and try to speak it through observation and imitation.
• The language structures that we say its grammar, learners begin to understand it in a formal context of language learning that is school.

Thus, it is concluded that Behaviourism learning theories believes that language learning can be automatically attained with the help of practice and reinforcement.

•  Cognitive Theory:- The Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget placed the acquisition of language within the context of a child’s cognitive development. He argued that a child has to understand a concept before she/he can acquire the particular language form which expresses that concept. The cognitive theory of language acquisition suggests that a child first becomes aware of a concept, such as relative size, and only afterward do they acquire the words and patterns to convey that concept. 
• Constructivism refers to a process where the learner is actively constructing both the knowledge acquired and the strategies used to acquire it. The learner constructs a new version of reality from his or her own unique experiences, and it is this construction she then uses to deal with any new experiences in that field.  
• Interactionism:- This theory emphasises the interaction between children and their caregivers.