EDSL 305 Chapter Notes - Chapter Chapter 4: Cognitive Development, Language Acquisition Device, Procedural Knowledge
10 Dec 2017
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The behaviorist perspective: l1 acquisition: result of imitation, practice, feedback on success, and habit formation, difference: l2 learners already have habits formed during the acquisition of l1; this changes the way they perceive the language. When there are similarities between the two languages. The behaviourist perspective applied to second language learning: Audiolingual instruction: a dominant approach to foreign language teaching from the 1940s to the 1960s, especially in north america. Concern that habits formed in the first language would interfere with new ones for second language learning. Approach: a structural view of the language. Errors should be avoided because they lead to the formation of bad habits. Positive reinforcement is important to develop good habits. Corrective feedback is important to prevent the development of bad habits. Objectives: learn how to use language to communication teach structural patterns lesson are linguistically focused types of tasks; drills (teacher models a word/ sentence, students repeat it), dialogue memorization.
