1. TheBehaviourist View of LanguageLearning.

2. BehaviouristssaythatthelanguagelearningprocessiscarriedoutthroughConditioning. Conditioning: “to train or influence a person or animal mentally so that they do or expect a particular thing without thinking about it”. According to Cambridge Dictionary http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/condition_3

3. Firstlythechildhearsthespeechsoundthathisparents produce hisfirstyear of life…

4. Over time he learnstoassociatewithsoundstosituations, Forexample: Whenthemotherfeedsherlittlebaby, shemakessounds of endearment and thebabyfindsthispleasureable . Conditioningtolanguagehas begunwhenthissounds are stillpleasurablewhenthissounds are notaccompainedbyfood.

5. After a whilethechildstartsimitatingspeechsoundsthat he has heardtogetattentionfromhismother. Ifthechild produces vocal stimulus and thesesounds are appropiatetosoundlike a word, themotherresponds.

6. Afterthisstage, Thekid tries someutterances, thenthroughrepetition he confirmsthatcertain vocal utteranceistherightoneforthething he wants. He can repeatthisutterancewhen he needsit. Milk

7. Certainbehaviourpatternthatisnotrewardedwillnotberepeatedbythechild. Ifthemotherdoesn’tnoticecertainutterancethekidwillnotrepeatit. Thisisthe natural processthat a languageteachingprogramshould try tostimulate.

8. Languageteachersmustfollowtheseconditions of thebehaviourmodel of learning: Languageislearntbypracticing. Languagecannotbetaughtdivorcedfromthesituation. Thismustbe a meaningfulsituation. To produce a right response thestudentsrequiresattention.

9. Thespokenlanguage comes beforethanthewritten. Thereceptiveexperienceisnecessarybeforetheproductiveexperience. Thelearnermustknowifhiseffortisrightorwrong. Learningisfasterifthestudentis placed tothesituation, and if he produces a correct response issaidthat he has reallylearnt.

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