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Behaviorist Theory and Language Learning
Background
Psychological theory
Native language learning
Advanced in part as reaction to
traditional grammar
Verbal behavior
stimulus-response interaction and association
babblings that resembles words existed
being rewarded
reinforces further articulation
socialized speech
Counter-arguments
The question of how social surroundings influence on language learning remains unexplained.
Each person cannot learn equally well in the same conditions.
Different background
Innate capacities
Different experiences
Main strategies of behaviorist theory is only true for kids in early age and in the early stages of learning.
Because language learning processes ate too complicated, It’s hard for learners to acquire a language through habit formation.
Intervening variables will influence the stimulus and response chain in the language learning process.
e.g. learners' psychological changes
Children's imitation of structures show evidence of almost no innovation.
Behaviorist theory will harm the creative way of learning.
Repetition and Drillings
They are not creative, which include a lot of rules and need practices.
They are the basic elements for building linguistic intuition and achieving basic level.
Students were unable to transfer the skills that they’ve learned in the class to real communication.
Language learning or teaching that includes constructing phrases, sentences, and clauses are thought to obstruct the instinctive production of language.
Introduction
How language is acquired and taught
Basic theories:
native language acquisition
Behaviorist theory
Mentalist theory
foreign language acquisition
Rationalist theory (Cognitive theory)
Empiricist theory (Audiolingualism)
Cognitive-code theory
Mother tongue
vs.
Foreign language learning
Language Learning
Each theory cannot be divorced from each other.
L1 learning pave the way for L2 learning.
Videos and online resources
Behaviorism: Overview & Practical Teaching Examples
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https://study.com/academy/lesson/behaviorism-overview-practical-teaching-examples.html
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Behaviorist Theory of Second Language Acquisition
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https://youtu.be/VvOIbDI2fro
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Conclusion
1.Behaviorism is about conditioning imitation, practice, reinforcement, and habituation, which can be called the pace of language learning
Behaviorism established basic ground of exercise such as written or oral practice
behaviorism impact the teaching methods on language learning
audiolingual method
total physival response
silent way
british structure
Behaviorism became the push of empiricist language learning
Basic Tenets
Language teaching is about conditioning.
All learning is established by habits as a result of reinforcement of response.
Due to socially-conditioned nature, learnings can be the same for each individual.
Spoken language must have a priority in language teaching.
2.Behaviorist theory is about habit formation.
References
Demirezen, M. (1988). Behaviorist Theory and Language Learning. Hacettepe Universitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, 135-140.
Zhou, Molly and Brown, David. “Educational Learning Theories: 2nd Edition”, Education Open Textboks, 6-12, 2015, oer.galileo.usg.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=education-textbooks
