CHILD LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT FROM SOCIOCULTURAL THEORY POINT OF VIEW

In the present paper, the central concepts of Vygotsky's Sociocultural Theory are discussed. Language is a social concept that is developed through social interactions. For him although biological factors constitute the pre-requisite for elementary processes, sociocultural factors are indispensable for elementary natural processes to develop. He regards it as the primary in developing higher forms of mental activity. So this paper discusses trends of development from dependency to independency through basic concepts in Sociocultural Theory such as mediation, scaffolding, regulation, ZPD, internalization and genetic domains.