Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Early theories in SLA
- BEHAVIOURISM
- a theory taken from psychology
- a theory of animal and human behaviour
- Pavlov's experiments with dogs
- the concept of operant and behavioral conditioning
- all learning is seen as the acqisition of a new behaviour
- the environment is the most important factor in learning
- learning consists of developing responses to environmental stimuli
- to learn L2 one must imitate correct models repeatedly
- active participation by the learners is crucial element of the process
- is linked to Structural Linguistics
- language is based on a finite set of predictable patterns
- a L2 learner's task is imitation and internalization of patterns
- several constructs not directly observable: conditioning, reinforcement, punishment
- transfer - learners relied on the L1 used in attempting to produce the L2
- positive: wherever languages are similar
- negative: wherever comparable structures are different
- interference
- errors as a result of L1 interference
- repetition of correct models to overcome the errors
- implications of the relation between the L1 and the L2
- the primary source of learner difficulty and error
- difference is related to difficulty
- benefits for language teaching
- provision of correct models
- massive repetition without learner's reflection
- avoidance of error
- provision of consistent feedback
- the conclusions of the theory
- 1. Exposure to input is necessary for SLA
- 2. A good deal of SLA happens incidentally
- 3. Second language learning is variable in its outcome
- MONITOR THEORY
- created by Stephen Krashen
- one of the 5 main hypotheses of Krashen's Theory of SLA
- it explains the relationship between acquisition and learning
- it defines the influence of the latter on the former
- the monitoring function is the practical result of the learned grammar
- the acquisition system is the utterance initiator, the learning system performs the role of the 'monitor' or the 'editor'
- 3 conditions for the 'monitor' function
- 1. The SL learner has sufficient time at their disposal
- 2. They focus on form or think about correctness
- 3. They know the rule
- limited role of the monitor
- the variation of L learners using the 'monitor'
- over-users
- under-users
- optimal users