LIN380H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Contrastive Analysis, Behaviorism, Animacy
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Chapter 4: explaining second language learning: the behaviourist perspective. It is based on imitation, practice, positive feedback on success, and habit formation. In the classroom, mimicry and memorization were emphasized because language development was viewed as a formation of habits. It was assumed that second language learners have already formed their habits in their. L1 acquisition and that, as a result, this habit formation will interfere with their l2 acquisition. Behaviourism was linked to the contrastive analysis hypothesis (discussed in chapter: the innatist perspective. 2). complex process. errors that would be ungrammatical in their l1. Therefore, both behaviourism and contrastive analysis hypothesis were rejected later because research discovered that most language learners made unpredictable errors . The influence of a learner(cid:495)s l(cid:883) is not a matter of forming habits but rather a more. Chomsky(cid:495)s argument: all children are equipped with the innate knowledge of universal. A critique of chomsky(cid:495)s innatist theory by robert bley-vroman (1990) and jacquelyn.
