what is the behaviourist theory of language acquisition
The behaviorist view of language acquisition is that children learn language by receiving reinforcement from their parents after speaking correctly (operant conditioning). If a child's parents become ecstatic when the child says mama, the child will want to continue speaking to get the same positive reaction.he Nativist view of language acquisition is that it is innate.  Language learning is not something that a child does, it is  something that happens to a child placed in an â¦ appropriate  environment. Answered.