Language Learning Theories
Behaviourism
Proponents
Skinner
Bandura
Stimulus< Response
Drilling
Reinforcement
Negative reinforcement
Positive reinforcement
Mentalism
Noam Chomsky
Innate faculty
Genetic component
Developmental stages
Language Acquistion Device
Universal Grammar
Hypothesis testing
Cognitivism
Bruner
Scaffolding
Vigotsky
Zone of Proximal Development
Social construction
Social interaction
Scaffolding
Jean Piaget
Cognitive Development
Age-dependent
Accommodation
Ausubel
Assimilation
Experimental learning
Relational understanding
Drawing Connections
Current Developments
Anderson
directed attention
intentional focus
contextual factors
Memory
Krashen
Language acquisition
Subconsious process
Input understanding
Language learning
Natural order
Error correction
Affective filter
Brown
Explicit learning
Language learning
Conscious process
Declarative knowledge
Noticing
rule created
Implicit learning
Language Acquisition
Unconscious process
Procedural knowledge
rote learning
memorized language