ASPECTS

BEHAVIOURISM

COGNITIVISM

HUMANISM

SOCIAL CONSTUCTIVISM

Founder

John B. Watson Ivan Pavlov B.F. Skinner E.L Thorndike

Noam Chomsky

Gattegno Curran

Lev Vygotsky Bruner Piaget

Concept

Learning is defined as the acquisition of new behavior.

Learning

Learning

Learning is an active, contextualized process of constructing knowledge rather than acquiring it.

occurs when an occurs only if individual can associate new learning with previous knowledge. the learning environment is right and the learners are interested in, and have positive attitude towards the new information.

View on language learning

Language as a form of behavior.

Active process in which learners are constantly required to think and make sense of new information they receive, and apply them to make sentences.

The speakers of the language, and the teacher should have the favorable attitude to learn.

Language learning is a social activity.

StudentTeacher role

Student: passive Teacher: plans and sets goals for learning.

Student: active Student: can participant Teacher: provide instruction. set their own goals Teacher: create a conducive environment, develop student; self esteem.

Student: active participant Teacher: facilitator.