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BEHAVIORISM THEORY

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BEHAVIORISM THEORY

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  1. BEHAVIORISM THEORY

  2. Unit 1first languageacquisitiontheories DIDACTICS I July,2021

  3. Unit 1 In thisunitthestudentswillidentifythevariety of acquisitiontheoriesthatexistrelated to howpeopleobtain a secondlanguage. Thestudentwillexperimentthroughtheanalysis and exemplification of real cases wherethesetheories of acquistionwereputintopractice, whether in their personal expresiencesorthroughothers’sexperiences.

  4. LANGUAGE ACQUISITION THEORIES BEHAVIORIST THEORY HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT THIS THEORY? WHAT DO YOU THINK IT IS ABOUT? DO YOU LIKE TO LOSE ? HOW DO YOU FEEL WHEN YOU ACHIEVE SOMETHING OR WIN?

  5. LANGUAGE ACQUISITION THEORIES

  6. Pavlov, Skinner According to thebehavioristschildren come intotheworld as blankslates and are influencedbytheenvironment. Can youmentionaneventthatinfluencedonyouthankstotheenvironment? Behaviorism

  7. Behaviorismcharacteristics • Formation on habitsbyimitation. • Imitation on sounds and wordstheyhear in theirsurroundings. • In thistheorywereceivesomethingthatiscalled a “stimulus” whichis in charge of gettingourattention in oder to get a response, whetherthisis positive ornegative.

  8. Example: you are thirsty and youneedwater, youaskforwater, so thestimulusis to askforit. • Thensomeonegivesyouwater, thereyou are nowresponding to thatstimulus, and youlearnthatwheneveryousay “I’mthirsty” someonewillbringyou “water” • So, thatishow Skinner formulatedthenotion of “operantconditioning.

  9. Theoperantconditioningsaysthatyourbehaviorismodifiedwhenyoureceive a stimulus, in whichyourbehavior leads to a reward. • Funfact: Thistheorywasbased on observation of howrats and theranimalsrespondunder experimental laboratoryconditions.

  10. Behaviorismexamples: • Parents often use a reward system when potty training a toddler. M&M candies, stickers, or other small rewards can be used. Each time a child does a desirable behavior – for example, sitting on the potty, having a dry diaper in the morning, or going to the bathroom on the potty – the parent gives the child a reward.

  11. If a high school student is late to school more than three times in a marking period, he or she will earn a detention and have to stay after school. School officials hope that the possibility of having to serve time in detention will encourage students to come to school on time. 

  12. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvVaTy8mQrg • Let’swatch a video and take notes.

  13. Reflect and Tell… • Positive means you are adding something, and negative means you are taking something away.  • Reinforcement means you are increasing a behavior, and punishment means you are decreasing a behavior.  • Tell theclassaboutsome personal examples of these positive and negativereinforcement in yourlife.

  14. The behaviorist theory says second language learners learn from repeated practice and being rewarded for correct answers. For the student to acquire the second language, the teacher must use reinforcement (a positive reward) after the student has produced the second language.

  15. Pros and Cons Pros • The closer the first language is to the second language, the more successful the learner will be. • The more practice or repeating, the more success the student will have in the second language. Cons • This theory does not focus on learning the use and meaning of abstract words; instead focuses on just repeating. • Chomsky criticized this theory because the theory focuses on grammar methods but does not show how to use this grammar in communication.

  16. Strategies for Use • Reward for student when they are correct. • Encourage students who are incorrect top practicing. • Smile while correcting to assure that you believe that are working towards the goal. • Reassure students that they will understand with more practice. • Reassure students that even you as an educator still make mistakes.

  17. BehaviorismReview! Behaviorismwas popular in the 1950’s and 1960’s. • To what do wecallbehavior? • Mentionsomecharacteristics of behaviorism? • Howwas Skinner related to behaviorism? • Whatisthebehaviorism in languageacquisition? • What do youthinkaboutthistheory of languageacquisition?

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