3461672
5 SLA Theories
- Behaviorist Theory--B.F. Skinner
- - Language is learned just like any
other behavior.
- - Children are motivated to
learn language due to the
reinforcement they receive.
- - Learners need practice and
repetition to learn the language.
- Application: To teach
students according to the
Behaviorist Theory, a
teacher should give
little tokens as a reward to students who
answer questions.
- This pup is so excited
about receiving his
positive reinforcement!
- Application: To teach
students according to the
Behaviorist Theory, a
teacher should give
little tokens as a reward to students who
answer questions.
- - Learners need practice and
repetition to learn the language.
- - Children are motivated to
learn language due to the
reinforcement they receive.
- - Language is learned just like any
other behavior.
- Innatist Theory--Naom Chomsy
- -Children are pre-wired to learn
language.
- -We all have Language Acquisition
Devices (LADs) so we are predestined
to learn language.
- -Learners only need to be
exposed to the language for
LAD to take over.
- Application: Teachers
should teach students
completely in the target
language for students' LAD
to be allowed to take over.
- This dog's instincts,
like LAD, take over
when he hunts!
- This dog's instincts,
like LAD, take over
when he hunts!
- -Children are pre-wired to learn
language.
- Cognitive Model--Piaget
- -Children talk because there is
something to talk about.
- -Cognitive
development comes
before language
development.
- This pup
apparently has
something to talk
about!
- This pup
apparently has
something to talk
about!
- -Meaning of target
words are important.
- Application: Give students
experiences inside the classroom to
talk about it the target language! A
good example of this would be
showing a movie located in the
culture of the target language the
students are learning.
- -Children talk because there is
something to talk about.
- Social-Interaction Model--Lev
Vygotsky
- -This theory is all about
language use and focuses on the
communicative functions of
language.
- There are 7 categories of language
used: instrumental, regulatory,
interactional, personal, imaginative,
heuristic, and informative.
- There are 7 categories of language
used: instrumental, regulatory,
interactional, personal, imaginative,
heuristic, and informative.
- Application: Use each type of language in class
in order to appeal to all types of learners. You
could have your students use personal
language by creating a skit in the target
language.
- This dog owner is
using regulatory
language to control
her dog.
- This dog owner is
using regulatory
language to control
her dog.
- -This theory is all about
language use and focuses on the
communicative functions of
language.
- Natural Approach--Steven Krashen
- -Comprehensible input is all
that is needed to acquire a
second language.
- -Learner acquires fluent
speech in a natural way.
- -A student's affective filter
influences how quickly they
will learn the language.
- -The learner goes through a silent
phase while receiving
comprehensible input.
- Application: Teach in the target
language to allow students to learn
naturally. Be exciting, use repetition,
and gestures so that students' affective
filters don't rise when they
misunderstand you.
- Application: Teach in the target
language to allow students to learn
naturally. Be exciting, use repetition,
and gestures so that students' affective
filters don't rise when they
misunderstand you.
- -The learner goes through a silent
phase while receiving
comprehensible input.
- This dog is silently
receiving comprehensible
input! Maybe not very
comprehensible to him...
- -A student's affective filter
influences how quickly they
will learn the language.
- -Learner acquires fluent
speech in a natural way.
- -Comprehensible input is all
that is needed to acquire a
second language.
Medienanhänge
Möchten Sie kostenlos Ihre eigenen Mindmaps mit GoConqr erstellen? Mehr erfahren.