Behaviorism

How many theories related to second language learning that was presented today?

• 4

• 2

• 1

• 3

What is the definition of:

Role of Stimulus-Response Processes?

• learners respond to linguistic stimuli

• learners

  acquire language through

  environmental stimuli

• repetition of language patterns and the reinforcement of correct

  language usage contribute

  to the development of

  language skills

• use of appropriate teaching materials, communicative activities, and the incorporation of habit-forming

  exercises

What is behaviourism?

• A nurture type of theory for language learning

• a form of habit-formation

• language can be learned through situations in which actions are changed through reinforcements

• all of the above

Behaviorism focuses on ______ _________ rather than cognitive skills.

• habits formation

• innate ability

• practicality

• guidance from teacher

To learn a new language, one must establish orally the _________ of the language as subconscious habits (Fries, 1945)

• Patterns

• Framework

• Elements

Native Malaysian speakers have a harder time habitualising languages with SOV grammatical structure

• TRUE

• FALSE

What is the most common used teaching method in Behaviorism theory ?

• Audiolingualism

• Imitation

• Repetition

• Tongue twister

what is an example of positive reinforcement ?

what is an example of negative reinforcement ?

Behaviorist theory was popularized by ...

• Stephen Krashen

• BF Skinner

• Noam Chomsky

• Lado & Fries