FINAL EXAMINATION

TESL 621
Jeasel D.G. Moloboco

1. The learning theories that have a good impression to me are behaviorism and
Krashen’s Monitor Model. Behaviorism is a theory the human ability to speak.
It therefore held that language learning, like any other kind of learning, could
be explained by a succession of trials, errors, and rewards for success. In
other words, children learned their mother tongue by simple imitation,
listening to and repeating what adults said.

Behaviorism is key for educators because it impacts how students react and
behave in the classroom, and suggest that teachers can directly influence
how their students behave. It also helps teachers understand that a student’s
home environment and lifestyle can be impacting their behavior. Thus,
students are passive participants in behavioral learning—teachers are giving
them the information as an element of stimulus-response.

Also, positive reinforcement and motivation play an important role in

behavioral learning.

Krashen’s Monitor Model on the other hand, comprises of five hypotheses

namely Acquisition Learning, Monitor, Natural Order, Input, and Affective
Filter. According to Krashen, this model explains how learning a language
takes place. The first hypothesis state that acquiring a language is universal
and we all do the same way. The next hypothesis states that after language is
acquired then it can be monitored and edited by language rules. In the
Natural Order hypothesis, Krashen looked at the grammatical structures of a
language and when they are acquired. While the input hypothesis believed
that language should be acquired by use of interesting and comprehensible
messages. But, in order to acquire language through comprehensible input,
the Monitor Model states that there is an affective filter which is viewed as an
acquisition device in the brain must be open.

2. Based on behaviorism and Krashen’s Monitor Model, I use Task-Based

Language Teaching (TBLT). In TBLT, there are activities that require learners
to use the language to complete a task or solve a problem, such as
conducting an interview or role playing. These activities can motivate students
to learn as they are learning actively, participating, and interacting. Such
tasks are usually sequenced in a way that gradually sequenced in a way that
gradually increases the complexity of the language demands and encourages
learners to use the language in more authentic ways.