SLA THEORIES

SLA THEORIES

1. 70'S

   • MORPHEME ORDER STUDIES
     • 1970'S H. Dulay and M. Burt
   • MONITOR MODEL
     • 1978 S. Krashen

2. 50'S

   • BEHAVIOURISM
     • Skinner
       • Psychological
         • LA = Habit formation S-R-R
           • Naturalistic: stimuli from the environment
             • S= stimulus= ling. input
               • R= response=output
                 • R= reinforcement= punishment or reward
                   • "practice makes perfect"
                     • Learning occurs when the R is reinforced.
   • MENTALISM
   • STRUCTURALISM
   • SYSTEMIC LINGUISTICS
   • CONTRASTIVE ANALYSIS (CA)

3. 60'S

   • ERROR ANALYSIS (EA)
   • INTERLANGUAGE (IL )

4. 80'S

   • FUNCTIONAL TYPOLOGY
   • UNIVERSAL GRAMMAR (UG)
     • 1980 N. Chomsky

5. 90'S

   • FUNCTION-TO- FORM MAPPING
   • INFORMATION ORGANIZATION

6. 2000'S

   • CONSTRUCTIONISM
     • 2000