Psychology and Language Learning

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Ciencias de la educación: Mención Inglés

Mgs. Anna M. Gates

BIMESTRE: Primer

TÍTULOS

Today’s objectives

Prior knowledge

First language learning

Second language learning

Let’s begin… True or false?

Use your best judgement to guess if the following statements about language acquisition is true or false

Explain why you chose your answer

Source: Tokuhama-Espinosa, T. Presentation September 13, 2009

True or false?

Multilingual people are more creative than monolinguals.

True or false?

• It is impossible for an adult to learn as quickly as a child.

True or false?

• Adults can’t learn a foreign language without having an accent.

True or false?

• The most important predictor of success in second language learning is motivation

First Bimester Content

Overview

First 3 years LA

MorphemeNegation

Question

Highlights pre school years

Highlights school years

Increased

Metalinguistic

abilities

Vocabulary

growth

Register acquisiti

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Major Theories of 1st LA

Behaviourist Innatist Interactionsit/developmental

Language is developed through imitation of language heard

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Behaviourist Highlights

Children do not have to be taught language, it is a part of biological development

Critical period

All natural human language have same universal principles (UG)

Innatist Highlights

Universalgrammar

Language is one of many examples of skill learning

Interaction with people plays an important role

Interactionist

developmental

highlights

Second Language Learning

Learning conditions

Time

Pressure to speak

Corrective feedback

Major Theories SLA

BehaviourismInnatist

PerspectivePsychologica

l TheoriesSociocultural

Theories

Rule based

Repetition

Audio-lingual

Contrastive

Analysis

Behaviourism in SLA

Universal

grammar

Language

device

Innate skill

Monitor Model

Innatist Perpective

No langua

ge device

Language is a learned

skill

Modified

interaction

Cognitive

processes in mind

Psychological Theories

Social interac

tion

Zone of Proximal Develop

ment

Co-construction of knowle

dge

Sociocultural Theories

Individual Differences in Learning Second Languages

• All normal children master native language

First LA

• Varying degrees of success

SLA

Why?

Microsocial• Intell

igence

• Aptitude

• Learning styles

• Personality

• Motivation & Attitudes

• Age

Macrosocial• Identity• Group

affiliation• Socioecono

mic position

Under-stand

• Major theories

• Theory application

Review

• Text• Mul

tiple choice section of distance assignment

• Self evaluation exercises

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