Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Sla Theories
Sla Theories
THEORIES
Feb.,20th 2018
Second Language Acquisition Theories
•Language:
-is behavior defined as a set of habits.
-can be taught/learned as any other behavior
•Teaching:
-should be done through conditioning.
-consequences determine behavior (e.g. reward or
successful communication).
Behaviorism (Cont)
• (Krashen, 1987)
4- The Input Hypothesis
A number of
attitudinal variables
affect SLA:
•Motivation
•Self Confidence
•Anxiety
References