COGNITIVISM AND SLA

COGNITIVISM AND SLA

1. Before the Revolution

   • Descartes (1596-1650)
     • Mind:God
     • Mind: logical device
     • Body separated
     • Cognition consciousness

2. The Cognitive Revolution

   • blank, mechanical, rote learner
   • Bruner's cognitive studies (1960)
     • Problem solvers Limited info processors
   • Digital computer (1903)
   • Artificial intelligence Logic problems (1956)
   • Structuralism
     • Syntax
     • Grammar
   • Derivational approach (1963)
     • + transformation + processing

3. LA during the Revolution

   • Brown's LA L1 (1973)
     • + frequent input
       • not acquisition
     • semantic & grammar input
       • acquisition
     • Regular morphemes
   • Chomsky's transformational syntax
     • Linguistic knowledge
       • LA: rule learning
       • Competence rather than performance

4. SLA

   • Corder (1967)
     • L2 errors
       • evidence SLA
     • Learner
       • Innate predisposition LA
       • Expose
       • Internal mechanism
     • Real language syllabi
       • Innate strategies
       • Teaching
       • Syllabus
   • Dulay & Burt (1972)
     • Children
       • Active mental organization
       • Universal strategies
       • Innate programming
     • Adult
       • Negation
       • Question formation
       • Acquire complex structures

5. Cognitivist SLA

   • Krashen (1985)
     • Input
       • Comprehensible
       • Afective filter
     • Processing
     • Automatic LA
   • Schmidt (1983)
     • Learning strategies
       • Ask NS
       • Consult
       • Deductive reasoning
     • Noticing (1990)
     • Attention (2001)
   • Doughty & Long (2003)
     • L2 nature and source
     • Sucess & failure
     • Social context
     • Mental state