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Lecture 9
Educational Psychology. Major approaches in FLT:
1. Humanism in Foreign Language Teaching.
2. Behaviorism in Foreign Language Teaching
Humanistic approach :
The importance of the inner world of the
learner.
secure
- Who has realized that only the process of
5.Children as carers
Erikson’s Psychosocial Development
Chart
Early school years
a sense of industry as basic
educational skills
cooperative learning ( +)
STUDENT –
TEACHER
B ON D
Educational Video Episode
Use Behaviorism in the classroom
Case-study : teacher Tony has a problem with
classroom management
How does he improve students’ behavior?
Which reinforcers does he use?
Behaviorism is the theory that states that people can be taught through the use of
reward and/or punishment.
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