Behaviourism

Behaviourism

Watson and Raynor's
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- theory demostrated that conditioning has profund effect upon teaching of all kinds.
Acquisition and learning
Watson and Raynor's theory
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- demostrated that conditioning has a profund effect upon teaching of all kinds.
Bernard Skinner
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- learning a language as an adult is defferent as a baby
Conditioning
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- is the result of 3 stages: stimulus, response and reinforcement.
Acquisition and learning
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- most learning is not the results of instructions. it is the participation in a meaninful setting
Noticing
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- noticing the language doesn't mean that it has been acquired/learnt, nor that students can use it inmediately.
Humanistic teaching
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- The learner's feelings are as important as their mental or cognitive abilities
Discovering learning
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- one powerful reason to encourage students to discover things for themselves is the complex nature language itself.

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	Created by Ana Julia Veliz Camacho over 7 years ago