Applied Linguistics to Foreign Language Teaching and Learning

Units

8. Recent Developments in Fore...  
6. View of Language Acquisition and Learning in Foreign Language Didactics

lampThis unit focuses on the area of psycholinguistics and second language acquisition providing an overview of the main theories of language learning (e.g. behavioursim, cognitivism, constructivism, social interactionism), their principles and how they have affected language teaching practices in the classroom.

Tags: theories of learning, language learning, second language acquisition, behaviourism, cognitivism, constructivism, comprehensible input theory

Presentations

Unit 6: View of Language Acquisition and Learning in Foreign Language Didactics (PDF)
Unit 6: View of Language Acquisition and Learning in Foreign Language Didactics (PPT)

 

Videolectures

Unit 6: View of Language Acquisition and Learning in Foreign Language Didactics (Part A)
Unit 6: View of Language Acquisition and Learning in Foreign Language Didactics (Part B)
Unit 6: View of Language Acquisition and Learning in Foreign Language Didactics (Part C)

 

Educational Videos

Behaviorism, Cognitivism, Constructivism & Learning and Instructional Theory
Theories of Learning
Stephen Krashen - Comprehensible input

 

Reader and Workbook

Unit 6: View of Language Acquisition and Learning in Foreign Language Didactics (PDF)
Unit 6: View of Language Acquisition and Learning in Foreign Language Didactics (DOC)

 

Further Readings

Bolitho, R., Carter, R., Hughes, R., Ivanič, R., Masuhara, H., & Tomlinson, B. (2003). Ten questions about language awareness. ELT journal, 57(3), 251-259.

Bruton, A. (2002). When and how the language development in TBI?. ELT Journal, 56(3), 296-297.

Carter, R. (2003). Language Awareness. ELT journal, 57(1), 64-65.

Littlewood, W. (2009). Process-oriented pedagogy: facilitation, empowerment, or control?. ELT journal, 63(3), 246-254.

McConachy, T. (2009). Raising sociocultural awareness through contextual analysis: some tools for teachers. ELT journal, 63(2), 116-125.

Rodrigo, V., Krashen, S., & Gribbons, B. (2004). The effectiveness of two comprehensible-input approaches to foreign language instruction at the intermediate level. System, 32(1), 53-60.