OCR A Level English Language Year 2 - CLA Booklet 1: Theories and Pre-verbal stages

This resource is Number 1 in a series of course booklets for the Child Language Acquisition Unit (CLA) in OCR A Level English Language designed to be used by students in class. This is a unit normally covered in Year 2 of the A level. [Also available is a series of 15 booklets for Year 1 of the A level on which this work builds.]

This booklet focuses on the ways that babies first use sounds to communicate and starts the exploration into how and why humans develop speech. It covers significant theories of child language acquisition: behaviourism (Skinner), nativism (Chomsky), cognitive theory (Piaget) and social interactionism Bruner and Vygotsky).

The booklet contains both subject content and language examples for students to analyse. Exercises can be worked on by students individually or collaboratively and in class or at home. The booklet also contains a revision glossary for the theories and terminology which links to Quizlet flashcards.

The resource also contains a worksheet with hyperlinks and an audio file for use alongside this booklet.

The booklet is also accompanied by a series of videos (not professionally made) that can be used by teachers new to teaching the specification to help them prepare for lessons in advance as they contain suggested solutions to exercises. The playlist of these videos is included in the resource bundle.

NB: Specifications do change from time to time so please ensure that specification information, detail and guidance is relevant at the time of teaching.