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If L1 is learned systematically, what does that mean for L2?

Does Maximiliam Berlitz's Direct Method have validity in the classroom?

Which of the three perspectives do you feel has the most evidence?

What are your thoughts on Comprehension vs Production and their relationship?

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In first language acquisition it is said that there is a "lag" in production and comprehension.

The book illustrates this with the child-adult exchange:
Three year old Lisa: My name is Litha
Adult: Litha?
Lisa: No, Litha
Adult: Oh, Lisa
Lisa: Yeah, Litha

Lisa perceived and comprehended the difference in Lisa and Litha, but she was not producing the difference in sounds.

Children generally understand "more" than they can actually produce.

When children are 12 months old, they typically start saying their first words. Once they have a vocabulary of about 50 words, they will start using two word phrases. At that point, they may not be using very many words, but they can likely answer "yes or no" questions to sentences longer than a two word phrase. This would lead one to believe that they understand more than just two word phrases, supporting the notion of understanding more than what is produced.

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constructivist

social interaction

cognition and language

functions of language

discourse

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innate predispositions

systematic, rule governed acquisition

creative construction'"pivot" grammar

parallel distributed processing

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tabula rasa

stimuli: linguistic responses

conditioning

reinforcement

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All of the perspectives of second language acquisition have their validity. The best approach depends on the cultural aspect of the classroom and the learner. Any one perspective is going to be too narrow. To be truly affective, I believe there would need to be a combination of methods.

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Mikhail Bakhin
Language is "immersed in a social and cultural context and its central function is to serve as a medium for community."

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Lev Vygotsky
Rejects predetermined stages and is responsible for the notion of ZPD

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Jean Piaget

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David Ausubel
He felt that behaviorism "dangerously oversimplified highly complex psychological phenomena."

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Ferdinand de Saussure

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Generative Linguistics and Cognitive Psychology supporters

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Generative Linguistics and Cognitive Psychology supporters

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Noam Chomsky

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Charles Osgood

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Structural Linguistics and Behavioral Psychology supporters

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Structural Linguistics and Behavioral Psychology supporters

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B.F. Skinner

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Social interaction and cooperative learning in ultimate attainment

Emphasis on learners constructing their own representation of reality

Active role in classroom

Zone of Proximal Development

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Generative Linguistics and Cognitive Psychology

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Generative Linguistics and Cognitive Psychology

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"Principled basis"

Speaking vs Performing

What? vs Why?

Rational approach = going beyond merely descriptive adequacy to explanatory power

More opportunity for profound insight

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Structural Linguistics and Behavioral Psychology 

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Structural Linguistics and Behavioral Psychology 

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"Publicly observable responses"

Language can be dismantled into small pieces or units

Scientific Method

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Three perspectives on Second Language Acquisition 

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Three perspectives on Second Language Acquisition 