Behaviourism

Second Language Applications: Mimicry and Memorization

MENU

BEHAVIOURISM

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AUDIOLINGUAL

TARGET LANGUAGE

TRANSFER OF HABITS

THE THREE CORE ELEMENTS OF THE BEHAVIOURIST THEORY OF LEARNING ARE: IMITATION PRACTICE REINFORCEMENT

Behaviourism The Behaviorist Perspective Learning is explained in terms of imitation, practice, reinforcement, and habit formation Learning a language is a process of habit formation: habits of L1 will surely interfere with the new habits of L2 that the learner wants to form= Contrastive hypothesis

LANGUAGE IS ESSENTIALLY VERBAL BEHAIVOR

MIMICRY AND MEMORIZATION

Aural-oral training takes place before the language is introduced in written form Language is seen as verbal behaviour which, if repeated consistently and positively reinforced, will become automatic (habit) Teacher is central in the learning process, guiding the learners through the phases of discrimination, imitation, repetition, and memorization

CONTRASTIVE ANALYSIS HYPOTHESIS (TARGET LANGUAGE?)

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The Aural-Oral Approaches emphasize listening and speaking as the most basic skills of language and de-emphasize reading and writing in the early stages of language learning

Specific examples of these are drills to correct pronunciation (behaviourism)